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NEC SX-9 to be World's Fastest Vector Computer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the better-faster-stronger dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NEC has announced the NEC SX-9 claiming it to be the fastest vector computer, with single core speeds of up to 102.4 GFLOPS and up to 1.6TFLOPS on a single node incorporating multiple CPUs. The machines can be used in complex large-scale computation, such as climates, aeronautics and space, environmental simulations, fluid dynamics, through the processing of array-handling with a single vector instruction. Yes, it runs a UNIX System V-compatible OS."

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  1. beowulf by catmistake · · Score: 0, Redundant

    cluster!

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  2. Yeah but... by fbartho · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... Imagine what you could do with a beowulf cluster of these!

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