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BOINC Exceeds 2 Petaflop/s Barrier

Posted by kdawson on from the faster-faster-for-science dept.

Myrrh writes "Though an official announcement has not yet been made, it would appear that the BOINC project as a whole has exceeded two petaflop/s performance. The top page features this legend: '24-hour average: 2,793.53 TeraFLOPS.' According to last month's Top500 list of supercomputers, BOINC's performance is now beating that of the fastest supercomputer, RoadRunner, by more than a factor of two (with the caveat that BOINC has not been benchmarked on Linpack)."

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  1. Finally! by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    BOINC finally has enough computing power to handle Vista Ultimate and a few applications!

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    1. Re:Finally! by basementman · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think you meant Ubuntu with Firefox playing a flash video.

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    2. Re:Finally! by ijakings · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think you mean OSX with smug set to maximum.

  2. Missed opportunity by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    We could make T-shirts saying "Computer scientists BOINC faster", but I not sure that sends the right message.

    1. Re:Missed opportunity by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 3, Funny

      BOINCing computer scientists: now petaphiles x2!

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    2. Re:Missed opportunity by modecx · · Score: 2, Funny

      Most women who've slept with computer scientists would agree that they are pretty fast ;)

      On the plus side, they know how to press the right buttons. Or, so I'm told.

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  3. That'll do Bionic by gubers33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That'll do

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  4. Re:Emacs.... by XPeter · · Score: 3, Funny

    ?? The article is clearly talking about super computers not operating systems, silly.

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  5. Re:I wonder what BOINC's contribution to CO2 outpu by wjh31 · · Score: 4, Funny

    half a million computers, times a couple of hundred watts would gives ~10MW which is about 4 blue whales or 3 diesel locomotives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)#megawatt_.28106_watts.29

  6. Re:I wonder what BOINC's contribution to CO2 outpu by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's ridiculous, why would you use ~4 BW or ~3 DLs when you could use 1 POOT (Power Output Of Togo). BOINC uses about 1 POOT.

    Surely we can reduce the inefficiency, and POOT less.

    Why are we using a distributed system of energy-inefficient comPOOTers?

    The big question is, how many cow farts would we need to harvest to produce one POOT of energy?

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  7. Re:I wonder what BOINC's contribution to CO2 outpu by Em+Emalb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Haven't you heard? The POOT is out as a measure of energy. People in the know(TM) these days are using the FART. (Free African Republic of Tonga)

    I understand that Taco Bell has chosen to support the FART as well. Something to consider. The POOT's reign has come to an end. Long live the FART.

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  8. Wait a minute... by Sensible+Clod · · Score: 3, Funny

    Scientific progress goes BOINC?

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