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To: ShadowAce
Standard processing (e.g., file system I/O) is handled by the Opteron processors.

Mathematically and CPU-intensive elements are directed to the Cell processors. Each tri-blade unit can run at 400 billion operations per second (400 Gigaflops).

19 posted on 06/09/2008 12:31:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They’re probably getting the PF number through their extrapolation program. They run one unit through the linpack, the use a program to extrapolate the results so they don’t have to bother running the long HPLs.


21 posted on 06/09/2008 12:35:46 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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