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BlueGene/L Puts the Hammer Down

Posted by Hemos on from the welcome-to-the-machine dept.

OnePragmatist writes "Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch is reporting that BlueGene/L has nearly doubled its performance to 135.3 Teraflops by doubling its processors. That seems likely to keep it at no. 1 on the Top500 when the next round comes out in June. But it will be interesting to see how it does when they finally get around to testing it against the HPC Challenge benchmark, which has gained adherents as being more indicative of how a HPC system will peform with various different types of applicatoins."

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  1. omg fp lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fap, rofl.

  2. Two by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, maybe it will be number two ... like me

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    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - right-wing pawn Terry Schiavo was found dead in her Florida hospice this morning. She died in the same way she had lived her entire life; brain dead and starved. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss her - even if you didn't enjoy her drooling, uncontrollable bowel discharges and random grunts, there's no denying her contributions as a fund raising meat-poster for the Christian right. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Terri dead at mental age of negative 4 mos. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow..that's awesome. Every time I browse here, I go through the trouble of browsing at -1 and it's posts like these that make me laugh my ass off. Keep up the good work!

  4. Can it...? by smartsaga · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Play pacman at full speed??? and render it in software mode??? at full screen???

    No way!!!!!

    Now THAT would be amazing, wouldn't it?

    Your teraflops are belong to us... get it?

    Have a good one.

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    ===== "Every head is a different world so don't invade mine you FREAK!" smartSAGA said
  5. Re:Wait a minute... by WindBourne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So did your pocketbook and bank.

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    I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
  6. 4 words: "Toy Story-quality graphics" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Take Sony's marketing with a grain of salt.