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NNSA Supercomputer Breaks Computing Record

Posted by timothy on from the we're-simulating-a-stockpile dept.

Lecutis writes "National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Linton F. Brooks announced that on March 23, 2005, a supercomputer developed through the Advanced Simulation and Computing program for NNSAs Stockpile Stewardship efforts has performed 135.3 trillion floating point operations per second (teraFLOP/s) on the industry standard LINPACK benchmark, making it the fastest supercomputer in the world."

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  1. Yes, but ... by ggvaidya · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is that faster than a speeding bullet?

  2. Wow by LiquidCoooled · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Minesweeper has never looked so fast!

    Or do nuclear scientists prefer solitaire?

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  3. More important issues by bogaboga · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish our government and scientists dedicated more work to more important issues IMO, like pollution, healthcare, deficits and the injustices of the world, government perpetuated or corporate. As I write this, I figure I might be un-employed soon, as my job gets out-sourced to Russia. In America alone, almost 50 million of our residents do not have any kind of healthcare. With all these facts, we then go round the world "preaching" fairness and prosperity.

  4. Re:Shit eating post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FOSS sucks. Please get over it.

  5. Re:Count On It by Doc+Ruby · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moderation -2
    100% Troll

    Trolls don't tell the truth, unlike my post. TrollMods don't like the truth, like my post.

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  6. Re:imagine by meza · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. Imagine a beowolf cluster
    2. Welcome our new overlords
    3. In Soviet Russia "3" is you
    4. ...
    5. Profit!