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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. heh heh by Thaelon · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a cluster of these!

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  2. But.. by Mad+Ogre · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But you still can't play GTA SA on it.

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  3. Re:Count On It by As+Seen+On+TV · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Trolls post off-topic shit in an effort to stir up an argument. Just like your post.

  4. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yeah but can it run Linux? :)

  5. So what! by pwnage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It still takes this machine 3 minutes to boot into Windows XP.

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  6. Wrap up obligatory jokes... by elgatozorbas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. That would meet the minimum system requirements for Longhorn. If not, does it run Linux? At least you can compile Gentoo in under a week...