Switzerland has a new computer.
The supercomputer, called Alps, has been installed at the National Supercomputer Centre in Lugano.
It will be used to forecast and analyse the weather.
It can carry out the same calculations in one day that would take a standard laptop 40,000 years.
Currently it’s listed as the sixth most powerful computer in the world, but it could still rise as it wasn’t running at full capacity when it as last checked in June.
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Geneva firm investigated for aiding a foriegn state
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Homes are ready - but not the school
A coordination error means a new apartment block in Geneva’s Vernets district will open – but a year before a school which should be there for the new arrivals will be finished.
All cats should be chipped
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Elderly driver faces jail for speeding
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Swiss mattress company saved
Employees at Swiss mattress makers Superba and Swissflex may finally see relief after months without pay.
