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NEC Strikes Back With SX-8 Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on from the my-honor-student-can-beat-up-your-dad dept.

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."

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  1. BGL will be back on top in short order by tubbtubb · · Score: 5, Informative


    Remember that the 36.01 TF figure for BlueGene/L was only using 8 racks.
    The final BG/L will use 64 Racks.
    Also, the SX-8 figure is only an estimation.