Supercomputers

[rpm]

Supercomputers

SHOULD YOU NEED to do something a little more complex than writing a text document - such as forecasting the weather or decoding the secrets of the human genome - then your average desktop computer is simply not going to be good enough. It's in that space where the supercomputer comes into its own.

 

[hyperian]

Its a shame that all that power needs to be focused on analyising a nuclear stockpile.

 

[eltherza]

Its a shame that all that power needs to be focused on analyising a nuclear stockpile.

must be a lot of nukes...

 

[hyperian]

must be a lot of nukes...

Think its still around the 10k mark. Maybe a bit less now. I think that Russia has about the same - what do they use to do these computations? A casio calculator?

 

[JohnsonCT]

I think that Russia has about the same - what do they use to do these computations? A casio calculator?

They don't need a supercomputer. They just use botnets

 

[Abn0rm4l]

Please tell me what is the point of this article? I would hardly consider an encyclopaedia definition of a supercomputer as news.

 

[magneto]

its called i have nothing else to write. so i rewrite. this old news aritcle and make it look like a new one..

their was already a news article not so long ago about this..
going on about it.

here - http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Hardware/4080.html

borning..

EPIC FAIL.

to view the list of the worlds top 500 supercomputer goto www.top500.org
and if really keen bean, u can goto the ISC08 ( International Supercomputing Conference 08). www.isc08.org

 

[zamicro]

Please tell me what is the point of this article? I would hardly consider an encyclopaedia definition of a supercomputer as news.

warra warra warra

 

[hyperian]

Its significant because the cell chip is responsible for the bulk of the computational power, and it isn't made by Intel nor AMD, AND its a chip that is almost exclusively used in gaming platforms. Its also the first cluster to hit the 1 petaflop level.

 

[magneto]

Its significant because the cell chip is responsible for the bulk of the computational power, and it isn't made by Intel nor AMD, AND its a chip that is almost exclusively used in gaming platforms. Its also the first cluster to hit the 1 petaflop level.

first article PWN'ed the crap out thof this 1.
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Hardware/4080.html