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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."

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  1. Non Weapon research?? by SirLestat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah right !

  2. Non-weapon? by u01000101 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Applications include climate modeling, global warming prediction, and other non-weapons research.

    Ok, it's non-weapon if you think "weather-man". But virtually anything, and any knowledge, can be used to "weapons" end. Why should this be different?

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  3. Tragedy by replay+TV+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is a tragedy! A computer soooo fast being wasted on high school junk science projects like global warming.

  4. sweet jesus with lactating nipples! by joFFeman · · Score: 0, Troll

    think about the speed at which you could create metacreation poser-based pornography with that puppy. or, given its country of origin, imagine the speed at which you could process hentai videos into compact divx files for distribution via the net and/or lan parties.

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  5. Re:US:bombs vs. Japan: environment by meatburglar · · Score: 0, Troll

    tell that to Panama, Nicaragua, Cuba, Guatemala, Grenada, Columbia, East Timor, Palestine, Serbia, Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, Iraq, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and a few others that have slipped form my mind. I'm sure they will be very sympathetic and understanding to your "the U.S. only has the largest military budget on Earth, because it wants to *save* lives, not destroy them" argument. Read some history my friend. And I don't mean history written by the State Department either. Put in a few Freedom of Information Act requests for declassified NSA and CIA documents fromt he 60's. They'll help open your eyes a little.
    Cheers!

  6. Bullshit! by ellem · · Score: 0, Troll

    Those fukkers in Japan are sick little monkeys! Have you ever seen their cartoons? I'll bet they're using 35 terflops to create a wild NAZI fuck machine (ala Uroto Suki Doji.)

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