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Saudi Arabia Begins To Realize Supercomputer Ambitions

Posted by timothy on from the ooh-how-sheik dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Saudi Arabia is building a supercomputer that could rank among the 10 most powerful systems in the world. And the country isn't stopping there. It has plans to turn this marquee system for the Middle East into a petascale system in two years, and, beyond that, an exascale system."

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  1. Simulating... by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What would Muslims need a supercomputer to simulate?

    1. Re:Simulating... by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Why do you hate America?

    2. Re:Simulating... by cyhiz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      nope... i just laugh your stupid opinion... :))

    3. Re:Simulating... by Cassius+Corodes · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Maybe to work out why they still behave as if they are in the dark ages.

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    4. Re:Simulating... by thesappho · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Maybe beating Christian terrorism records? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

    5. Re:Simulating... by boltik · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      What would Muslims need a supercomputer to simulate?

      They don't need to simulate nothing. They dig a hole in the ground, and get all the money they need (actually, much more than they need) from that hole. If they decided to have a nuke - they not going to "simulate" it, they buy equipment that produce it, and they buy professionals to operate it. For example , Iran decided to have a nuclear bomb (Syria did too, but we safe for now, thanks to Israely Air Force). When they want to use the bomb - they will send suicide bomber (i apologize , i meant to say "martyr") to bring it to the target, and press the switch to activate it. They don't need a supercomputer for that. They want to own super computer because they want to be like everybody else (or bigger). Europian countryes have a super computers. America have super computers. Asian coutries have them. Israel have super computers. Arabs don't have one. Well, soon they will. They maybe don't have anything usefull to do with "one of the 10 most powerful systems in the world", but they can afford it together with "some of the best minds on the planet" to operate it . I personaly think that "one of the best minds" that choose to stay idle in exchange for bigger income is not really "best mind", but that is an opinion of some guy who can't afford a Rolls-Royce.

  2. Re:Search for the hidden peace message by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There is always at least a kernal or truth to every bigoted joke, whether you PC types want to admit it or not.

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  3. Re:Working in the above mentioned place.. by SteelAngel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    P.S. I am not Saudi, but I do have the pleasure to be working with them on this technology, and I am telling you they have some of the best minds on the planet.

    Which are foreigners and contract employees :D

    Quoted for truth. Native Saudis are not known for their intellectual rigor among the professoriate.

  4. And what's all that horsepower for? by Number6.2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's probably going to be used to track pilgrims in real time. Have a safe Haj!

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