US Overtakes China in Top Supercomputer List (bbc.com)
China has been pushed into third place on a list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. From a report: The latest list by Top 500, published twice a year, puts two US machines -- Summit and Sierra -- in the top two places. The US has five entries in the top 10, with other entries from Switzerland, Germany and Japan. However, overall China has 227 machines in the top 500, while the US has 109. Summit can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second. Both Summit and Sierra were built by the tech giant IBM. China's Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer, which this time last year was the world's most powerful machine, is now ranked at number three, while the country also has the fourth spot in the list.
... to see a good smattering of non-intel CPUs make a good show again. Still waiting on the workstations based on those though. POWER9 is pretty much the only one you can also stuff in a one or two socket deskside box.
American computers operate with numbers in binary format, strings of 1s and 0s, the optimal format for electronic computation.
Chinese computers operate on primitive pictographs, little pictures like Egyptian hieroglyphics to represent objects. That is why a Chinese keyboard has over 1000 keys. They need a special key for every pictograph. It's a very primitive system rooted in the Neolithic era.
Because without TRUMP this would not have happened. And because PUTIN, because without PUTIN TRUMP would not have happened.
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With supercomputing, often #1 on the list is more powerful than the next 20 combined. It's important for the US to remain #1.
kind of like the space race. but also not because we don’t see/publicize the output of these machines
The TOP500 list is interesting, but people treating it like a "race" for the fastest machine is kind of silly.
It used to be whomever could come up with the most optimal architecture would have the fastest computer. You had exotic CPUs running in custom hyper-ring or torus buses.
Nowadays it's whomever throws the most amount of money at buying the newest and, generally, commodity hardware. There are different flavors of custom Linux micro-oses they run. There are different interconnects, though they are almost all off-the-shelf (GigE, Infiniband, Myrinet...) The last real innovation was China's last big machine that ran home-brew, probably Alpha-derived CPUs, but even then they managed to hit the top spot by using over 40,000 260-core processors in their system.
It's less of a barometer of innovation, rather than a metric of how much money someone is willing to spend.
Why are people insisting on referring to these clusters as "super computers"?
Too bad Summit hasn't even been released to the early science program yet... Looks like no one will even be able to touch it until January. Sigh.
Posted Anonymously on purpose....
> MAGA!
Yeah, right.
While the US may have the top performing supercomputer for the moment, the Chinese are probably doing something useful with theirs. And I mean useful, such as keeping data centers from getting too cold.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Even though #1 & #2 on the TOP500 are NVIDIA based. And NVIDIA DGX-1 lets anyone join TOP500 by buying a few dozens boxes and networking them together (see #50 and #51)
The first thing through my head was, does it matter how fast it is if you don't know how to use it, the second was that comes with terrible innuendo...
Regardless, what are really being done with the computers of value? Is the fastest supercomputer really adding the most value to the world?
MAGA!
US only overtook China because they stole China's IP.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
We're talking about the list of *known* supercomputers. I'm sure various government agencies have supercomputers that are secret. In fact, it's highly probable that the most powerful in the world are not public knowledge.
Better known as 318230.
If a cluster runs as a single system image, what's the difference?
See subject: Hope you're RIGHT (considering I'm only sure hosts stop portsmash vs. Spectre/Meltdown) https://tech.slashdot.org/comm...
I pity c6gunner caught impersonating me (his name's the submitter signing "APK") https://linux.slashdot.org/com...
* He tried to INSULT me & so I made him a COMPLETELY FAIR CHALLENGE he couldn't meet or beat by showing me he's done better work in the past prior to his impersonating me there.
(You shouldn't throw stones when you live in a glass house boys - especially vs. me: RIGHT, ZIP? https://developers.slashdot.or... )
APK
P.S.=> Hosts stop portsmash (by blocking download sources of its mailcious exes doing it) https://it.slashdot.org/commen... not Spectre/Meltdown AFAIK @ least - & YOU FAIL THIS PORTFILTERING TEST liar https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... (my program won't allow that error) so cut your lies as you IMPERSONATE me you pitiful loser... apk
Basically you can simulate weather, nuclear bombs and a few other things, but that is it.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
1) Post a stupid comment
2) Get called out for posting a stupid comment
3) Deny having posted the stupid comment and allege impersonation
4) Abandon the thread and post the stupid comment in the same article and/or a later article
What computing power developed the world's first nukes or got Man to the moon?
Work SMART not hard. The world's best engineers and scientists do not need the 'fastest' 'super-computers'. These are the toys of betas- people into 'science' like those into SF for the funny costumes, and funny 'alien' nonsense.
Here's a clue for the clueless. Go look at the hobbiest revolution in Steam engines from the 18th and 19th century- which pre-empted the modern computer revolution. For sure, the common dumb dumb admired the 'biggest' steam engines of the time- dumb dumbs are always fascinated by the 'biggest' anything.
What matters is the new industrial revolution- that exists entirely in the Far East.
Meanwhile Intel and the USA consortium know as Global Foundries (spun off from IBM's and ever other major US companies chip making biz) have FAILED to do the latest shrink, while China (Taiwan- TSMC) and Korea (Samsung) have suceeded with ease. This marks the END of 100 years of America's massive telecommunication lead, of which Silicon Valley was but the last stage. The final engineering frontier in the USA has now crashed and burnt.
The 'Empire' (Frankenstein's Monster- Britain being Frankenstein) known as the USA is in a post intellectual phase now, with only warmongering on a global scale left for it as an option. America has a demonically large military budget for a reason.
The Andromeda Strain, written at the end of the 1960s, starts with a glorification of America's 'obvious' tech lead over everyone else. Intel finally crashed and burned when it turned over the 'intellectual' work to the demonic state of I-sreal- the ultimate conmen who lack a braincell amongst them but 'talk' a very good game.
The tribe weaponised political correctness in the West- so a block of flats on fire in London kills a ton of the residents indside because the FEMALE moron in charge of the London fire service saw no problem in having the residents repeatedly told to "stay put" as the fire burnt out of all control of the firefighters on the scene.
SJW appointees FOLLOW the 'rules' they have been trained up with remorselessly, never ever questioning them. And that is why the tribe wants them- the tribe makes the rules.
It is a MEME in the USA that parents cannot any longer help their kids with BASIC maths homework- and dumb-dumbs never askl why the tribe worked so hard to introduce 'new maths'- which simply means arbitary and confusing rulesets for doing trivial mathematical calculations. But engineering skills and confidence in the West could not have been collapsed without this and a myriad other SABOTAGE strategies.
Humans are the same the world over. Asian brain's ain't better than western ones. And the massive lead the USA had in high tech could have been trivially maintained. The WAR on ther types of people who would have maintained America's lead was essential to end that lead. Doing overtly cumbersome methods of maths calculations at elementary and junior schools, breaking the maths confidence of so many betas (alphas are 'bulletproof) was a genius act of sabotage. And then when the tribe points out that the performance of alphas are unaffected by the 'new maths' so the failing betas are just 'lazy', or their teachers 'incomptent' or the parents 'stupid meddlers' was just satanic genius.
The tribe knew Americans could not truly be made to LOVE war if they had valid trade and engineering alternatives. America needed just enough ability to support the war machine, and then a need to use that war machine at rapidly advancing 'competitor' empires like China and Russia. The 'logic' that the USA must pre-emptively launch a WORLD WAR before the tech advances in competing powers becomes overwhelming.
All of America's meain tech focus now is on the coming world war. Google is building the drone war machines for the US armed services (don't believe me- Googge for info on how many military robot companies Google has aquired, and then consider how Google's mainline techs like 'self-dri
I pity c6gunner caught impersonating me (his name's the submitter signing "APK") https://linux.slashdot.org/com...
* He tried to INSULT me & so I made him a COMPLETELY FAIR CHALLENGE he couldn't meet or beat by showing me he's done better work in the past prior to his impersonating me there.
(You shouldn't throw stones when you live in a glass house boys - especially vs. me: RIGHT, ZIP? https://developers.slashdot.or... )
APK
P.S.=> You're a pack of PUNK losers that act worse than WOMEN (you must be homos - only THEY are that way)... apk
"I down-modded a few of your post on other threads to save you some embarrassment." - by Anonymous Coward "ZIP" on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:31AM (#57461058) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...
HOW ELSE COULD YOU DOWNMOD MY POSTS YOU ADMIT DOING UNLESS YOU HAD A REGISTERED USERNAME ACCOUNT HERE, you lying ASSHOLE?
* All you HAVE is STALKING ME - figures since you BLEW YOURSELF AWAY vs. me here https://developers.slashdot.or...
APK
P.S.=> You're nothing but a BLOWHARD PUNK LOSER that can't backup your BULLSHIT pussy... apk
0.0.0.0 test1.com:53
0.0.0.0 test2.com:53
0.0.0.0 jowie.com
0.0.0.0 jealous.com
0.0.0.0 jowie.com
0.0.0.0 test3.com
0.0.0.0 borlnd.com
0.0.0.0 tester.com
* RUN THAT DATASET THRU MY PROGRAM & WHAT RESULTS COME OUT THAT HAVE A "PORT FILTER" ATTACHED?
NONE!
Only borlnd.com, tester.com, test3.com, jealous.com & jowie.com (last 2 are for YOU, lol) REMAIN (no filters on them)
MY PROGRAM EVEN PREVENTS THAT MISTAKE!
APK
P.S.=> THIS PROVES MY PROGRAM'S OUTPUT DOES NOT ALLOW "PORT FILTERING" ENTRIES IN HOSTS as I said!
ALL DESPITE you IMPERSONATING ME & LYING (for YEARS now) saying hosts do + STALKING ME via UNIDENTIFIABLE ANONYMOUS too (loser weezil).
It's LONG PROVEN YOU DO THAT c6gunner https://linux.slashdot.org/com...
+ your LIES saying I have a MacOS model (I don't YET) OR that hosts cure Spectre/Meltdown (hosts don't but you LIE impersonating ME saying they do - FILTERS in hosts too!)... apk
You losers impersonate me as you always LOSE to me like this post shows https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & you DO impersonate me (c6gunner's the SUBMITTER here yet signing "APK" twisting /.ers words of praise of my work they like & use) https://linux.slashdot.org/com...
* It has GOT TO SUCK to be punk bitches like "your kind" (do-NOTHING "ne'er-do-well" LAZY unskilled jerks that STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous posts (like a jilted HOMO would do, lol - worse than WOMEN act even, hahaha) OR by you IMPERSONATING me...
APK
P.S.=> You're pitiful little weezils & you KNOW it - that's what you show people you are - USELESS ANNOYANCES... apk
Super computing isn't like it use to be. (not to discredit all the hard work to the designers of these new computers, as my statement is oversimplifying things) To be on Top for Supercomputer Today it is more of an issue of being able to put more money into the problem then putting more creativity into it.
The old cray systems for example, when they were #1 on the super computing place, was very creative on how they achieved max performance on a relativity small form factor. Today's supercomputers are in essence just a bunch of server blades, with high speed network crammed in as big of a room that you can afford to hold and cool.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Aw! Pissed you FAIL my test that PROVES YOU WRONG? Yes, lol https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & you can TRY impersonate me as you do (weak, like you) but you GET CAUGHT DOING IT (c6gunner) https://linux.slashdot.org/com...
* LMAO - I also CAUGHT "ZIP" LYING saying he doesn't have a registered account YET SAYS HE DOWNMOD BOMBS MY POSTS quoting him proving he lies https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
APK
P.S.=> Hosts specifics do NOT cause wildcard false positives & DGA trackers exist, I've used them & SHOWN YOU LISTS OF THEM (they do what you ask & I get the domain names & block them - simple - you LOSE lol)... apk
I know Iâ(TM)m an AC now, but itâ(TM)s time to require registered accounts to comment. This bs between APK and c6gunner is getting real old.
and India will beat us out, then it will be ..... rinse and repeat.
ZIP you're the one trying to downmod hide all the times APK made you look like a fool proving you're a liar too https://news.slashdot.org/comm... ? Ashamed? You should be.
can it play Quake?
ZIP I'd like to know why you tried to downmod hide APK proving you're a liar and idiot on coding 2x https://news.slashdot.org/comm... ? Ashamed? You should be.
A computer is useless if you cannot make a Power Point slide pack to email the boss the weekly quad chart about the project status.
I find it more interesting news that a non-x86 is at the top again at long last.
MAGA!
Just curious, where you the same happy when in 2012 Titan, Sequoia and Mira topped Chinese supercomputer?
Now the hard truth: in 2015 US had 199 vs China's 109 supercomputers on top500, today: US has 124 vs China 206: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Lastly, honestly, do you know what the phrase "the cult of a supreme leader" means and where it usually leads?
Imagine a Beowulf..... ah, fuck it. I'm too old for this crap.
I'm not ZIP, but if you aren't APK then you are an even bigger retarded bitch than he is. Even APK won't stand up for himself because he knows he lost so why would you? If you are APK then that is just another one of your lies that you tell which is you pretend there is support for you. Either way it doesn't make the retarded bitch APK look good.
Prove this: "I'm a much better programmer than APK, as has been proven." - by Anonymous Coward ZIP on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:27PM (#57449082)
FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...
You're a BETTER programmer than I, quoted saying so above?
WHERE'S PROOF OF WORK YOU DO EVEN /.ers LIKE & USE?
It's NOT!
* I have DOZENS of /.ers saying they like & use my work - praising it & it's good effects on more speed, security, reliability & anonymity PLUS 100,000++ users of it worldwide - DO YOU??
HELL NO!
You also LIED trying to "take credit" for a SOLUTION to C++ string buffer overflow issues I SOLVED WAY BEFORE YOU https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... proof's right there scumbag punk you are.
I also shot you to pieces on your github LIE @ the root of all that too (yes that's you too scumbag) https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...
LIAR ZIP says he has no account "I don't have an account, so I don't have mod points" https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
Yet LIAR ZIP says he downmods my posts (IMPOSSIBLE MINUS AN ACCOUNT on /.): "I down-modded a few of your post on other threads" - by Anonymous Coward "ZIP" on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:31AM (#57461058) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...
ZIP HIDES THIS DOWNMODDING IT TWICE as it EXPOSES his bullshit https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
APK
P.S.=> CodeSigning you "praise" (I don't for GOOD REASONS & I use something better) can & HAS been STOLEN & ABUSED https://www.helpnetsecurity.co... MY METHOD CAN'T BE (upmodded +2 INTERESTING in CODING FOR DEFCON no less) https://it.slashdot.org/commen... ... apk
Only joke I see is you ZIP trying to twice downmod hide Apk
Prove it. I never downmod you. Physically impossible. Everyone sees your foolish posts for what they are, you're losing any respect you had on /. with this pathetic replies.
ZIP
Hey ZIP - who came up w/ the C++ fix 1st here (where YOU said you did & multiple times in your post history) https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... ?
* I DID YOU LYING PITIFUL NO SKILLS (or accomplishments you can show & I can (folks like & use MY work https://it.slashdot.org/commen... NOT your "hotairware" that doesn't exist - lol!)
DESPITE saying "I'm a much better programmer than APK, as has been proven." - by Anonymous Coward ZIP on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:27PM (#57449082) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme... )
You do-NOTHING all talk fucking CHIMP loser... lol!
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO SO PRIOR TO IT there in that debate - mine was 1st reply to raymorris cluing him into C++ bufferoverflow possibles AND HOW TO FIX IT!
I used ObjectPascal which HAS NO SUCH ISSUE (length's built-into strings).
Tell us about your "modpoints" you say you don't have (but you did before that) too:
LIAR ZIP says he has no account "I don't have an account, so I don't have mod points" https://news.slashdot.org/comm...
Yet LIAR ZIP says he downmods my posts (IMPOSSIBLE MINUS AN ACCOUNT on /.): "I down-modded a few of your post on other threads" - by Anonymous Coward "ZIP" on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:31AM (#57461058) FROM https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...
Tell us about CODE SIGNING (which has been STOLEN & ABUSED) https://www.helpnetsecurity.co... MY METHOD CAN'T BE (upmodded +2 INTERESTING in CODING FOR DEFCON no less) https://it.slashdot.org/commen...
YOU IGNORANT CHIMP!!!
APK
P.S.=> You're a joke ZACH PATTERSON the wannabe (now I finally KNOW who & WHERE you are)... apk
I've told you many times before that I'm not ZIP or c6gunner. I see you chose to go full retard because your retarded bitch ass got stomped twice by me now here. Once because you can't deliver on what you say and once because you got caught posting fake support for yourself. The fact that it took you over 14,000 lines of code to write a file aggregator speaks volumes of your inability to write quality code. The fact that you don't understand code signing and why it is superior to your shitty self check also speaks volumes of your inability to understand standard security concepts. Based off of these I would suggest that no one ever trust your code or your advise on security.
Now go cry more about your bullshit whining and lies being modded down. Maybe you should rant about khyber, Ol Olsoc, Zontar, whipslash, barb hudson, and arth1 instead.