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The Amazing Shrinking Supercomputer

mE123 writes "It would seem that IBM is trying to change what we all think of as super computers. Their new Blue Gene family of super computers is meant to be 6 times faster, consume 1/15 of the power and be 1/10 the size of current models. The prototype is already number 73 (with 2 teraflops) on the list of the most powerful super computers and it's only "roughly the size of a 30-inch television". They are hoping to be able to make it up to 360 Teraflops using only 64 racks." We covered this a bit earlier, but without the level of details.

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  1. when i swim by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my willy shrinks too.

    Lick bawls slashfruits!

  2. I HAVE SUPER YODA STUFFED UP MY SUPER ASS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SUPER STUFF ASS FORCE

  3. Don't Ask Neil Diamond by Slider451 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    to promote this.

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  5. Howdy Ho! by turgid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Howdy Ho guys. Seems to me like large clusters of "inexpensive" machines to make supercomputers is fast becomin' the norm rather than the exception. Hell, Im even buildin' my own cluster back at the ranch out of old junk machines. I ain't gonna crack no DNA mysteries, but I sure am goin' to have a lot of fun networkin' them up, writin' load balancin' code and doin' lots of sums. Yeah Haw!

  6. ugh. by fishnuts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe quoting submissions "verbatim" isn't such a good idea. I nearly went into convulsions trying to parse that submission.

    Letting things like that get through makes the slashdot front page look a bit less "intelligent." What kind of demographic are we catering to again?

  7. Yay! by fishnuts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nevermind. Mister Editor fixed it.

  8. Re:Scale and costs by roine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, 64MB should be enough for anybody