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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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  2. dictionary.com by DrugCheese · · Score: -1, Troll

    No entry found for tecord.

    Did you mean tec ord?

    No entry found for tec ord.

    Try looking up each word separately:

    tec
    ord

    tec

    n : a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: detective, investigator, police detective]

    ord

    \Ord\, n. [AS. ord point.] An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.

    Ord and end, the beginning and end. Cf. Odds and ends, under Odds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Halliwell.

    IBM is confusing

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  4. Obligatory by taobill · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. This is an item about IBM, so someone has to mention SCO. 2. "All your Supercomputer are belong to us"

  5. Finally by evil+crash · · Score: 0, Troll

    A machine actually capable of playing Doom3.

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