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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.

  2. 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!

  3. 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.

  4. 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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  5. 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?

  6. 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 techno-vampire · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

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

  8. 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.

  9. 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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  10. 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?

  11. 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!?

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

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

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

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

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

    The wording of the article is terrible.

    You must be new here.