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World's Fastest Supercomputer To Be Built At ORNL

Posted by timothy on from the right-near-dollywood dept.

Homey R writes "As I'll be joining the staff there in a few months, I'm very excited to see that Oak Ridge National Lab has won a competition within the DOE's Office of Science to build the world's fastest supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It will be based on the promising Cray X1 vector architecture. Unlike many of the other DOE machines that have at some point occupied #1 on the Top 500 supercomputer list, this machine will be dedicated exclusively to non-classified scientific research (i.e., not bombs)." Cowards Anonymous adds that the system "will be funded over two years by federal grants totaling $50 million. The project involves private companies like Cray, IBM, and SGI, and when complete it will be capable of sustaining 50 trillion calculations per second."

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  1. Re:50 trillion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    get a grip

  2. trillions of calculations but it only has .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    640k ram, because that ought to be enough for anybody.

    1. Re:trillions of calculations but it only has .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      haha, bet you didn't expect to be modded troll!

      who understands some of these moderators.. maybe you have to spell out the joke for'em ! :)

  3. World's Fastest Supercomputer! Wow. by cableshaft · · Score: 0, Troll

    Considering the almost exponential rate that technology increases, this computer won't be any faster than a personal computer in 6-8 years, and will undoubtably have its rank supplanted within probably 4 years. I fail to see why this is all that interesting, especially since I know its status will be ousted sometime in the near future, barring some sort of crazy worldwide nuclear or biochemical war.

    It's not quite as "prestigious" as the guy with the world's longest fingernails or anything, that's all I'm trying to say.

    --
    Creator of the popular web game Proximity
  4. Re:good stuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not every problem can be solved by "divide and conquer" clusters.

    Please elaborate, since you seem to know this stuff.

  5. Re:World fattest people are USian GAYS ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, you fell for it, so his mad skillz can't be that bad.

  6. this FP for GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seesion and join in a; previously

  7. Re:Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash by sean23007 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You don't seem to understand what government means.

    The government has spent billions fighting a war overseas; when is it your turn to go fight?

    --

    Lack of eloquence does not denote lack of intelligence, though they often coincide.
  8. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, Beowulf Clusters of these imagine YOU.

    There. It's done.