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Formula One Racing Just a Matter of Crunching the Numbers

Posted by michael on from the ticket-to-ride dept.

Si24601 writes "Sauber Petronas Formula 1 team have launched Albert, their new supercomputer. With aerodynamics contributing a claimed 75% of the performance of the current bread of cars, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations have become increasingly important. Dalco's 530 AMD Opteron processor, 2.3 Tflop/s Supercomputer, with 1 TB RAM and 11 TB of storage, may just be up to the task." Other readers submitted links to stories on F1 Live and Formula1.com.

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  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First!

    1. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Micron Technology has a history of abusing its contractors, despite efforts by a minority of its employees to do otherwise.

      1. Not long ago in a clearly marked area an Underfloor Crew was about to clean under a machine that was working with hazardous chemicals. One Micron employee had nothing better to do with his time than to ask the Underfloor Crew why they were putting on Tyvek suits (in an unpleasant manner). The suprivisor replied as to what the crew was doing, and this certain employee said that there were no hazardous chemicals running through any of the machines in the room. This person could only have been A> misleading the Underfloor Crew into direct harm, B> speaking such words in order to harass the Underfloor Crew, or C> making a direct attack on all of the Crew's content of character and (subsequently) employment status.

      2. Most people in the fab look at people in orange hoods (contractors) like they're pieces of shit.

      3. Equipment that contractors use is always getting stolen.

      4. Security always harasses contractors about badge problems but almost never harasses MTI employees about the same problems.

      5. Micron employees are much more likely to make a sexually unpleasant move or joke towards female contractors.

      To the heads at Micron Technology -- GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!! Descriminatory action will not be tolerated much longer. Your warning time is much shorter now, and you do not want to wait for it. We hope you make the correct decision for a bright and productive future.

  2. Q: What is the best way to graph functions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A: gnuplot! Gnuplot is free, allows the graphing of any 3D or 2D function, and is easy to use.

  3. Randomness by halcyon1234 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not surprised. Seriously, nothing is truly random. Random just occurs when you don't know all the details.

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