Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Japan Builds World's Fastest Computer

Posted by michael on from the rice-rocket dept.

claylikethemud writes "The New York Times reports that Japan has built the world's most powerful supercomputer from "640 specialized nodes that are in turn composed of 5,104" NEC processors. The machine boasts the computing power equivalent to the 20 fastest American supercomputers combined, and with a top speed of 35.6 teraflops, outpaces the next fastest machine, the ASCI White Pacific, by more than factor of five. Applications include climate modeling, global warming prediction, and other non-weapons research."

3 of 505 comments (clear)

  1. Take that ASCI White!! by blankmange · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That's what you get for setting off that e-bomb last week.... oh, and don't forget the obligatory: imagine a Beowulf cluster of these posting....

    --
    ...we are from the government - we are here to help...
  2. Re:1 petaflop?? by blankmange · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wow - 1 petaflop... Should we be posting our Beowulf cluster posts yet?? Anybody want to jump up and down and claim a first post??

    --
    ...we are from the government - we are here to help...
  3. And then it said... by cappadocius · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ...has built the world's most powerful supercomputer

    And the answer it gave: 42.

    --

    omnia tua castra sunt nobis