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Really really really really really really really really really really fast computer

Old 11-22-2004, 06:21 PM
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Default Really really really really really really really really really really fast computer

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech....ap/index.html

"The system was clocked at 70.72 trillion calculations per second..."

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Blue Gene/L will be installed next year at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
that's about 10 miles from where I live :chuckles:
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Old 11-22-2004, 06:29 PM
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I swear it wasn't that long ago that they needed 9,000 parallel processors (Pentium Pros I believe) to hit 1 teraflop.
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:repost: I posted about this a few weeks back.
Old 11-22-2004, 06:31 PM
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they still couldn't make one as fast and fuctional as a human's brain. h:
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Originally Posted by axemansean
:repost: I posted about this a few weeks back.
:ugh: woops sorry havent posted in a while
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Originally Posted by axemansean
:repost: I posted about this a few weeks back.

i'm pretty sure you posted about the NEC one.
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Originally Posted by PoohBoi
they still couldn't make one as fast and fuctional as a human's brain. h:
I think a 286 is faster and more functional than the users of HAN. :fawk: Hell my brain is slower and has less functions than an 8086. h:
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Originally Posted by DaKarMaul
i'm pretty sure you posted about the NEC one.
Nah I said the NEC was booted to third by the IBM and NASA one.

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=163811
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Originally Posted by axemansean
Nah I said the NEC was booted to third by the IBM and NASA one.

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=163811

or that h:
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