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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. Re:But.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    who cares gta:sa sucks.

  2. "working to reduce global danger from ..." by tyroneking · · Score: 0, Troll

    The NNSA "working to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction"
    we'll be able to count all the WMDs in Iraq!
    Hooray!

  3. The truth rings loud and clear by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thank you!! What you said is so true. But, I expect you get modded down or even a troll due to the communistic hivemindset of the slashdot crowd.

    I do hope I'm wrong on my prediction through.

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