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Big Mac achieves around 14 TFlops with 128 Nodes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-flops dept.

mzs writes "The Virginia Tech G5 cluster has achieved around 80% of its peak performance in preliminary Linpack testing with 128 nodes according to Jack Dongarra at the Top 500. "They're getting about 80 percent of the theoretical peak," Dongarra said. "If it holds, and it's unclear if it will, it has the potential to be the world's second most powerful machine." Typically getting 60% of peak in the Top 500 lists is quite good. If the Big Mac cluster achieves 60% of peak it would displace the 2,300 2.4 GHz Xeon cluster at LLNL for the number three spot on the current list."

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  1. Mmm Big mac by pheared · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone remember Happy Meal Ethernet and Big Mac Ethernet?

  2. G4, G5 by inertia187 · · Score: 2, Funny

    When will Slashdot add or change the G4 icon to G5?

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  3. Of course... by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    There are weenies that will say "Psstt.. you know that #2 computer in the Big 500? It only has one button on the mouse!"

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  4. That's nothing... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Big Mac also achieved around 14 KTons with 128 kids.

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  5. Re:To quote G. W. Bush: "Enough is Enough" by dthable · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes. Yes it will.

  6. Re:someone had to say it by sbowles · · Score: 1, Funny

    Otherwise known as a "Franchise".

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  7. Wow by Kelz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Had no idea hamburgers could run that fast.
    Must be the "special" bun in the middle.

  8. Re:FOR THE LAST TIME: IT RUNS MACOSX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You mean "for the second-to-last time," don't you?