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NEC Strikes Back With SX-8 Supercomputer
News for nerds writes "It was just 3 weeks ago that we learned IBM's BlueGene/L with 36.01 TFlops edged out NEC's Earth Simulator, but today NEC announces a new SX-8 supercomputer with a peak processing performance of 65 TFlops (press release). It may be available in the U.S. as Cray's OEM like SX-6."
65 trillion calculations per second and all I ponder is if NEC would mind using my user id while running seti@home.
Tom's Hardware stated the the guts are Packard Bell, and it comes with a WinModem. That sucks.
If you think
...can it figure out the question to the answer 42?
Note that 'SX-8' pronounced 'Sex-ay' :-)
It's very impressive and all, but how is this going to benefit me down the line? It's not like they're affordable to small/medium businesses like the Cray or HP's highly valued Alpha DEC workstations.
We are stiffling progress at the lower level by pricing these systems well beyond the reach of the average researcher or multi-national oil conglomerate.
Why is this?
Wearing pants should always be optional.
I was about to say "With a computer this powerful, the world probably only needs 4 of these", but history tells me otherwise :)
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
No Grendel! Stop attacking my village! I think you forgot "cluster."
How's my typing? Call 1-800-eta-shut
1) I won't go out on a limb but I'll stick my NEC out for this supercomputer.
2) SX-8? Is that the next in line to SSX Tricky?
3) As you can see, I am resolute on this war on Tera...and my opponent is clearly a Tera-flopping machine.
4) Please don't write articles with "$COMPANY Strikes Back" as its title. It begs "Return of the $RIVAL_COMPANY" as a follow-up.
Just let us know when you want us to join in this conversation, thanks.
8 racks... brings new meaning to "look at that rack!"
Actually, the computer price is quite reasonable. It's the nuclear power plant to supply the 21 million jigawatts required to run it and its cooling system that will set you back big bucks.
Even with 65Tflops it still takes 3 min to apply my desktop settings.
John Anthony Hartman
So is that why he's never there to teach my Networking class anymore?
NEC, make your time.
To follow knowledge like a sinking star, / Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. ("Ulysses", Tennyson)
How well does it handle XP SP2?
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.