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Japan Wants to Build 10 Petaflop Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on from the can't-possibly-beat-wopr dept.

deepexplorer writes "Japan wants to gain the fastest supercomputer spot back. Japan wants to develop a supercomputer that can operate at 10 petaflops, or 10 quadrillion calculations per second, which is 73 times faster than the Blue Gene. Current fastest supercomputer is the partially finished Blue Gene is capable of 136.8 teraflops and the target when finished is 360 teraflops."

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  1. I want! I want! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well I want a Stargate, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna get one. I bet OpenOffice.org will still take 5 minutes to start on it.

    1. Re:I want! I want! by maotx · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thats Field Programable Gate Arrays, not Female Pro Golfers Associtation.

      Yes, but which one is more attractive?
      Better yet, which one will I have a better shot at?

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    2. Re:I want! I want! by goneutt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Considering your on /. I'd say the Field Programmable Gate Array is the one you have a better shot at, (following comment refraind from because I'm not that drunk, but I think the general idea about the membership of the Female PGA is self evident of where this joke was going)

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  2. What the article doesn't say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The supercomputer will be pocket-sized and ran on two AA batteries.

  3. Ahh by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see they are upgrading to get ready for Longhorn.

    1. Re:Ahh by Savatte · · Score: 5, Funny

      they still won't be able to run doom3, though

    2. Re:Ahh by WhiteBandit · · Score: 5, Funny

      What's incredible is that Doom 3 is the first graphics engine to bring a computer to its knees by simply rendering darkness. It's amazing!

  4. 136.8 teaflops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    These 136.8 teaflops could have been avoided if the proper specifications were used before hardware development and programming began. Essential tea technical info.

  5. If the project fails by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If funding runs out for this one, they'll end up with a 1 Belly-flop supercomputer

    *ba-dum-dum ching!*

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  6. Japan wants a 10 petaflop supercomputer... by daveschroeder · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and I want a pony.

    Guess which two things aren't happening anytime soon?

  7. Getting a little ahead of themselves? by Valarauk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean seriously... Doom 4 isn't even out yet.

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    1. Re:Getting a little ahead of themselves? by inu_maru · · Score: 3, Funny

      Of course is not meant for Doom 4... is for a date Simulator!

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    2. Re:Getting a little ahead of themselves? by techno-vampire · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought they were planning to have it run Duke Nukem Forever.

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  8. I've seen better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Big deal, the white mice have had this beat for years...

  9. Mommy, mommy by icepick72 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Japan wants to gain the fastest supercomputer spot back.
    Japan wants to develop ...

    Japan wants a lot of things now doesn't it. Well, Japan will just have to be a good little country and maybe Santa will come.

  10. This just in: by GuitarNeophyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    The top news story of the hour:

    Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, has announced yet a new version of the Windows Operating system. Trying to take advantage of the obvious new market of supercomputers, the computer giant is ready to release Windows SC. The new operating system, designed to beat the Japanese domination in computing power, as well as the Russians in spam-distribution, will link all computers running the operating system into one giant spam^H^H^H^Hcommercial marketing distribution center.

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  11. japan's new hotbox by medep · · Score: 5, Funny

    japan is thinking "but we just bought this computer, it's obsolete already? shit a brick!" anyone in the market for a slightly used supercomputer?

  12. Man... by Lobster+Cowboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Japanese are really sensitive about the whole "small penis" thing.

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  13. wow... by idiotdevel · · Score: 4, Funny

    yeah... um... so I'm guessing OpenOffice would at least startup semi-fast on that machine

  14. Fast enough to do proper spellchecking by IoN_PuLse · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only there was a supercomputer that could revise news posts before they go live? It could be in the form of *gasp* an editor!?

  15. Go go Godzilla! by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That much heat in one place has got to wake up something doesn't it?

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  16. PETA by ndansmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    No animals will be harmed in the production of this computer.

    1. Re:PETA by iendedi · · Score: 3, Funny

      The engineers working on this project will be very upset when they are told they are being put on a vegitarian diet.

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  17. Deserving of the pun... by EvilLile · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess you could say they're Peta-philes.

  18. 10 Petaflops? by mswope · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many BogoMips is that?

  19. Okay, some other observations by suitepotato · · Score: 3, Funny

    First, it seems almost powerful enough that it might start and run Adobe Premiere within four or five hours instead of six or seven.

    Second, Kingdom of Loathing would finally have zero lag on the server side.

    Third, it might be slightly more resistant to Slashdoting and building a router out of one of these might complete the defense.

    Fourth, by the time this ends up on my desktop, Duke Nukem Forever will be in beta.

    Other than that, should make wonderful blurb filler regarding chess matches with Russians for kids' science news periodicals.

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  20. Re:BlueGene/C will be finished soon by Raul654 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The C in BlueGene/C stands for "Cyclops64", which is the name of the architecture. (It's usually shortened to C64)

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  21. Re:Bad Wording by coma_bug · · Score: 5, Funny

    The wording of the article is terrible.

    You must be new here.

  22. BlueGene/C uses C64 architecture? by iendedi · · Score: 4, Funny
    The C in BlueGene/C stands for "Cyclops64", which is the name of the architecture. (It's usually shortened to C64)
    When you read this, are you thinking what I am thinking?
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    1. Re:BlueGene/C uses C64 architecture? by Raul654 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I swear I had to stare at my comment for a solid 10 seconds to figure out why I got modded as funny before it dawned on me. It honestly never occured to me before that C64 could refer to something else.

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    2. Re:BlueGene/C uses C64 architecture? by deathy_epl+ccs · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think so, Brain, but where are we going to get a hot tub filled with gelatin, a ping pong ball and a rubber hose at this time of night? NARF!