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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. Wait a minute... by ErikTheRed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowolf cluster of ... ouch my brain just exploded.

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  2. No Beowulf Cluster Jokes? by ABeowulfCluster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Pity.

    1. Re:No Beowulf Cluster Jokes? by FidelCatsro · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Dont worry men ,I think I'm still a little tipsy from last night no so here goes..

      In soviet Russia , a Beowulf cluster of these runs linux ... tada ..Awaits down moderation to the pits of hell

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  3. Imagine by inKubus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A..........Beowulf.......

    *sigh*

    I guess I'm just a tired old whore.

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