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IBM Sets Supercomputer Speed Record

Posted by timothy on from the hi-gene dept.

T.Hobbes writes "IBM's BlueGene/L has set a new speed record at 36.01 TFlops, beating the Earth Simulator's 35.86 TFlops, according to internal IBM testing. 'This is notable because of the fixation everyone has had on the Earth Simulator,' said Dave Turek, I.B.M.'s vice president for the high-performance computing division. The AP story is here; the NY Times' story is here."

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  1. Place your bets by glpierce · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Place your bets, people!

    What percentage of posts in the first 15 minutes will be about the spelling of the last word in the title, and what percentage about the content?

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