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Sandia Wants To Build Exaflop Computer

Posted by Soulskill on from the an-exaflop-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone dept.

Dan100 brings us an announcement that Sandia and Oak Ridge National Laboratories are setting their sights on an exaflop supercomputer. Researchers from the two laboratories jointly launched the Institute for Advanced Architectures to facilitate development. One of the problems they hope to solve is how to provide each core of each processor with enough data so that cycles aren't going to waste. "The idea behind the institute — under consideration for a year and a half prior to its opening — is 'to close critical gaps between theoretical peak performance and actual performance on current supercomputers,' says Sandia project lead Sudip Dosanjh. 'We believe this can be done by developing novel and innovative computer architectures.' The institute is funded in FY08 by congressional mandate at $7.4 million."

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  1. I swear I thought... by kazade84 · · Score: 3, Funny

    it said Santa was building a super computer :)

    1. Re:I swear I thought... by loafula · · Score: 4, Funny

      Santa doesn't build shit. Santa's elves build shit.

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      FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO
  2. Have it run SETI@HOME by vstat · · Score: 4, Funny

    No cycles wasted there!

  3. Re:To Be used by Which Application? by Huntr · · Score: 5, Funny

    What program would you run on this?

    Vista, with Aero enabled.

  4. Re:To Be used by Which Application? by Albert+Sandberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... they will be the best prepared for duke nukem forever that's for sure.

  5. Re:To Be used by Which Application? by Gospodin · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if a Democrat it would be: "Who would Marx tax?"

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    ...following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat...