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Blue Gene/L Tops Its Own Supercomputer Record

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the even-faster dept.

DIY News writes "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and IBM unveiled the Blue Gene/L supercomputer Thursday and announced it's broken its own record again for the world's fastest supercomputer. The 65,536-processor machine can sustain 280.6 teraflops. That's the top end of the range IBM forecast and more than twice the previous Blue Gene/L record of 136.8 teraflops, set when only half the machine was installed."

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  1. Results? by gumpish · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So we can crack RC-72 faster, yipee.

    What useful science has the "Earth Simulator" produced? What useful science will this monstrosity produce?

    Seem like it's just a wang dangling contest between the large corporations / governments of the industrialized world. About as useful as Decibel Drag Racing.

  2. HAL!!!!! by Camshaft_90 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HAL, "You can't do that Dave!"

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    JH