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IBM TO SHOW ITS NEW FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER
San Jose Mercury News ^
Posted on 06/27/2007 8:54:58 AM PDT by Gopher Broke
Edited on 06/27/2007 8:57:19 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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IBM said it developed a system that can reach the latest holy grail of supercomputing -- it has designed a supercomputer that can surpass a sustained performance of one quadrillion operations per second, also known as a petaflop.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: computer; ibm; speedy
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To: Gopher Broke
GUI will slow it to the usual speeds.
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posted on
06/27/2007 8:56:32 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
To: Gopher Broke
Did you miss it? Would you like to see it again? You see, it’s so fast that the human eye can’t detect it. Hey!—there it went. Did you catch it this time?
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posted on
06/27/2007 8:57:07 AM PDT
by
Asclepius
(the admin moderator ordered me to "lose" my tagline.)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; ..
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posted on
06/27/2007 8:57:18 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Gopher Broke
I wonder if they could fit it in a mini tower?
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posted on
06/27/2007 8:57:48 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Gopher Broke
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posted on
06/27/2007 8:59:01 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Gopher Broke
Quadrillion: That’s 15 zeroes! Yikes!
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posted on
06/27/2007 8:59:30 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: Gopher Broke
But does it run Windows XP?
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:00:20 AM PDT
by
dartuser
("If you torture the data long enough, it will confess, even to crimes it did not commit")
To: Gopher Broke
Even money that Windows still takes a long time to boot.
To: Gopher Broke
"Huh-huh. Bush could get big Chinese donations with that baby? "
To: Gopher Broke
To: RexBeach
>Quadrillion: That’s 15 zeroes! Yikes!
They need stuff like this
for when porn standardizes
a high def format...
To: theFIRMbss
That monster has a 3400+ port Infiniband switch! I’d REALLY hate to be the guy who has to wire that sucker up.
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:05:28 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: dartuser
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:06:45 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Gopher Broke
It will be given to China. Just watch and see!
To: Gopher Broke
I’m sure the chicoms will want to get their filthy mitts on it for um.....agricultural reasons.
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:08:04 AM PDT
by
rbosque
To: Gopher Broke
Does this mean that there’s finally a computer out there that can run Vista with all of the bells and whistles turned on?
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:08:44 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
To: Redcloak
Yea, but don’t try to run any applications any more complex than Minesweeper.
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:10:56 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(..and the horse you rode in on!)
To: Gopher Broke; texas booster
Wow! Think what that would do for the FreeRepublic Folding@Home Team!!!
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:17:12 AM PDT
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Flying is like Life: Know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there." - 'Ol Dad)
To: RightWhale
It only takes 5 minutes to completely load Vista 64, but it sometimes says your copy is not genuine.
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posted on
06/27/2007 9:28:06 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.)
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