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IBM Takes #1 w/ASCI White

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the beating-out-the-rest-of-the-pack dept.

mcryptic writes "Cnet News has this story about how IBM now tops the top 500 list with the new ASCI White supercomputer. The machine has 8,192 CPUs, weighs 106 tons and takes up two basketball courts' worth of floor space." And it's for Seti@home...er...no.

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  1. But... by sulli · · Score: 5

    will it defeat Kramnik?

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  2. New definition of anticlimax by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 5

    an * ti * cli * max (an'-tI-clI-max): A series of statements in some ascending order, ending with a statement clearly lower than each of the previous statements. e. g.: "The ASCI White Computer: 12.3 trillion calculations/second (teraflops), 8,192 copper microprocessors, 6.2 terabytes memory, 512 RS/6000 375 MHz POWER3 SMP High Nodes, IBM AIX operating system."

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