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IBM Building 20 Petaflop Computer For the US Gov't

eldavojohn writes "When it's built, 'Sequoia' will outshine every super computer on the top 500 list today. The specs on this 96 rack beast are a bit hard to comprehend as it consists of 1.6 million processors and some 1.6TB of memory. That's 1.6 million processors — not cores. Its purpose? Primarily to keep track of nuclear waste & simulate explosions of nuclear munitions, but also for research into astronomy, energy, the human genome, and climate change. Hopefully the government uses this magnificent tool wisely when it gets it in 2012."

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  1. Nice by SirCarloz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Arent these the specs require by Windows 7 for home use ?

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    1. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Not sure about Windows 7. But this could be the first computer that truly deserves a Vista Capable sticker.

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  4. big enough for the next version of Windows? by peter303 · · Score: 0, Troll

    another obligatory post