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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. You call this news? by GaryOlson · · Score: 0, Troll
    A government flunky (whose relation to the prime minister is more important than his skills) creates a grand scheme to spend taxpayer dollars for a "good cause".

    Did we export the US political parties to Japan?

    Do the Bushes or Clintons have relatives in Japan?

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  2. Re:Japan wants a 10 petaflop supercomputer... by patio11 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You want a pony? Click here.

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  3. Japan? by Zorque · · Score: 0, Troll

    More like Paedoflops. Sorry, that's the best I've got.

  4. Re:I want! I want! by 0b501373 · · Score: 0, Troll

    well done, 2 points to u. (I was being sarcastic)