Jump to content

American Supercomputer Sets a Record


87GT

Recommended Posts

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/technology/09petaflops.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

 

Cliffs for the lazy slackers....

 

"To put the performance of the machine in perspective, Thomas P. D’Agostino, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said that if all six billion people on earth used hand calculators and performed calculations 24 hours a day and seven days a week, it would take them 46 years to do what the Roadrunner can in one day."

 

"This is equivalent to the four-minute mile of supercomputing."

 

"The Roadrunner is based on a radical design that includes 12,960 chips that are an improved version of an I.B.M. Cell microprocessor, a parallel processing chip originally created for Sony’s PlayStation 3 video-game machine."

 

"Roadrunner, which consumes roughly three megawatts of power, or about the power required by a large suburban shopping center..."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You should type in Spanish all the time, that may be the most well written post you have made to date. :thumbup:

 

A more accepted way with proper capitilazation.

 

"SpaceGhost esta loco." (With a little ' over the "a". ;) )

 

Of course, this depends on location and/or teacher. Spanish from Spain is different than Spanish from Puerto Rico is different than Spanish of Mexico, etc, etc.

 

However, those who speak any of the "romance" languages can almost always get the gist of what the other is speaking. For example, between someone who speaks Italian and someone who speaks Spanish.

 

PS - This has nothing to do with a supercomputer.

 

Topical... something topical....

 

Oh! Got it. I was just playing PS3. Good enough?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...