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Cray, Intel To Partner On Hybrid Supercomputer

Posted by kdawson on from the you-can-pet-a-dog-and-you-can-pet-a-cat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel convinced Cray to collaborate on what many believe will be the next generation of supercomputers — CPUs complemented by floating-point acceleration units. NVIDIA successfully placed its Tesla cards in an upcoming Bull supercomputer, and today we learn that Cray will be using Intel's x86 Larrabee accelerators in a supercomputer that is expected to be unveiled by 2011. It's a new chapter in the Intel-NVIDIA battle and a glimpse at the future of supercomputers operating in the petaflop range. The deal has also got to be a blow to AMD, which has been Cray's main chip supplier."

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  1. Floating-point acceleration unit, sounds familiar by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Intel convinced Cray to collaborate on what many believe will be the next generation of supercomputers -- CPUs complemented by floating-point acceleration units.

    Let me guess, it's going to be called the 8087.

  2. bla bla bla Skynet by Narpak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since no one else seems to have mentioned it yet; blah blah blah it's the birth of Skynet (this time with an improved graphical interface).

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    The Long Now Foundation
  3. Re:Most likely? by encoderer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like W.O.P.R.

    Do you think WOPR is studying the climate?

    No way.

    It spends it's spare cycles playing a special version of The Sims where all human life is annihilated and WOPR is the supreme ruler.

    Oh, and searching for WOPETTE porn.

  4. Re:Mega-petaflops for people by Zebra_X · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I know it's bad form to reply to my own post, but as to the MMORPG problem I had another epiphany."

    Indeed. I am not sure we really need you to spend time writing any of this down.

    Nothing to see here. Move along.