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Japanese Supercomputer K Hits 10.51 Petaflops

Posted by timothy on from the street-value-of-this-thing dept.

coondoggie writes "The Japanese supercomputer ranked #1 on the Top 500 fastest supercomputers broke its own record this week by hitting 10 quadrillion calculations per second (10.51 petaflops), according to its operators, Fujitsu and Riken.
The supercomputer 'K' consists of 864 racks, comprising a total of 88,128 interconnected CPUs and has a theoretical calculation speed of 11.28 petaflops, the companies said."

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  1. Real-world uses! by GrandCow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How many bitcoins per hour is that?

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