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SGI & NASA Build World's Fastest Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on from the but-does-it-run-windows dept.

GarethSwan writes "SGI and NASA have just rolled-out the new world number one fastest supercomputer. Its performance test (LINPACK) result of 42.7 teraflops easily outclasses the previous mark set by Japan's Earth Simulator of 35.86 teraflops AND that set by IBM's new BlueGene/L experiment of 36.01 teraflops. What's even more awesome is that each of the 20 512-processor systems run a single Linux image, AND Columbia was installed in only 15 weeks. Imagine having your own 20-machine cluster?"

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  1. windows by fender_rock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Too bad its not running windows. They could set a world record for fastest windows crash after install. Mine's only a few minutes, image twenty 512 systems!

  2. Think positive by Hao+Wu · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I bet their server still gets Slashdotted.

    Anyway, this is good -- we will now be able to simulate burning spacemen and such catastrophes in advance, and figure out the best way to cover up such mistakes in design and vehicle assembly.

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