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Asus Releases Desktop-Sized Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on from the many-cores-make-light-work dept.

angry tapir writes "Asustek has unveiled its first supercomputer, the desktop computer-sized ESC 1000, which uses Nvidia graphics processors to attain speeds up to 1.1 teraflops. Asus's ESC 1000 comes with a 3.33GHz Intel LGA1366 Xeon W3580 microprocessor designed for servers, along with 960 graphics processing cores from Nvidia inside three Tesla c1060 Computing Processors and one Quadro FX5800."

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  1. Re:Super computer? by vikstar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, just because it is capable of 1.1Tflops doesn't mean it can do 1.1Tflops on whatever calculation you give it, only for certain specific calculations that scale well to GPUs. Hell, if you forgive the reductio ad absurdum, then I've got a piece of circular glass on my desk than can do 1Yflop, but it can only perform a specific lighting caustics simulation.

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  2. Re:Boinc Applications... by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I dunno. If you listen to some Windows gamer types, this sort
    of gear isn't only mundane, it's positively primitive and out
    of date and everyone has better stuff than this already.

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