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IBM supercomputer sets new computing record

2004-11-05, 11:28 AM #1

kyle90

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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996631

It's about twice as fast as the computer in second place, which is the Earth Simulator at 35 teraflops.

Also, some estimates put the processing capability of the human brain at around 20 teraflops, so this computer has 3.5 times more computing power than your brain.

Stuff

2004-11-05, 11:36 AM #2

Deadman

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*cracks head open*
Won't be needing this thing anymore
*chucks brain*

You can't judge a book by it's file size

2004-11-05, 12:09 PM #3

nottheking

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Quote:

Originally posted by Deadman
*cracks head open*
Won't be needing this thing anymore
*chucks brain*

You forget that the human brain still has the upper hand when it comes to space efficiency! The closest competitor for efficiency, I recall, is the Cray XD1 supercomputer, which packs up to 58 Gigaflops into a single 1U rackmount server case. Also, I doubt IBM would be very keen about their multi-million dollar machine go to simply be used as a brain for a single human meatbag such as yourself.

Wake up, George Lucas... The Matrix has you...

2004-11-05, 12:33 PM #4

Deadman

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Derrr....?
*gropes around for brain*

You can't judge a book by it's file size