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Simulating Supernovae with Graphics Cards

Posted by timothy on from the gforce-9-from-outer-space dept.

astroboy writes "As graphics cards get more powerful, Los Alamos and Utah scientists have developed a package, Scout, to use those usually-languishing FLOPs to do simulations, and to visualize of them on the on the run. As an example, they have released movie of part of the evolution of a core-collapse supernovae"

5 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I must say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Really. I mean, there isn't even any sound...

  2. Re:They can do this.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://thepiratebay.org/search.php?q=desperate+hou sewives

  3. Re:I must say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want my bandwidth back!!!1!

  4. spelling by memnon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    could there be anymore spelling errors in this or what?

    1. Supernovae (in the topic)

    2. "and to visualize of them on the on the run."
    not spelling but one to many "on the" :)

  5. Numa Numa Dance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.fatkidsong.com/