World's fastest supercomputer

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2007, 07:01 PM

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Powered by: 65,536 dual-processor computer nodes.
The BlueGene/L supercomputer at home at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Home base: This 2,500-square-foot marvel lives at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif.

Claim to fame: Helps researchers answer physics questions about stockpiled nuclear weapons and materials like Plutonium.

Power requirements: 1.5 megawatts (equivalent to a 2,000-horsepower diesel engine).

Clocked speed: Rated fastest in the world after clocking sustained performance of 280.6 trillion operations per second, or teraflops.

Approximate cost: As part of a larger contract including other supercomputers, just under $100 million.

Measure of compute capability: To match the power of this behemoth, every man, woman and child on Earth would need to perform 60,000 calculations per second (without transposing digits or forgetting to "carry the one").

Brawny bandwidth: Its internal communication network would support 150 simultaneous phone conversations for every person in the United States.

Waiting in the wings: IBM has announced a successor, Blue Gene/P, designed to deliver three times the processing power of the Blue Gene/L.

Wow, a 2,000 hp computer. I wonder if I can get one from Dell for sorting and holding my recipes?

lumberjim · 09-13-2007, 07:20 PM

imagine the pr0n you could surf on that!

busterb · 09-13-2007, 08:37 PM

10-4

Crimson Ghost · 09-13-2007, 10:35 PM

"Approximate cost: As part of a larger contract including other supercomputers, just under $100 million."

Oh, in that case, I'll take two.

wolf · 09-16-2007, 09:30 PM

BlueGene/L ... What kind of supercomputer name is that? Supercomputers need cool names, like Cray or HAL.

Elspode · 09-16-2007, 10:02 PM

I dunno...BlueGene. Maybe it is partially organically based, and it is pregnant, and that's how the next one is going to come along. In that case, the name is real appropriate.

orthodoc · 09-16-2007, 10:15 PM

Maybe the 'P' in BlueGene/P stands for BlueGene/POTUS ... as in, the next POTUS? An alternative to the Hilary/Obama/GOP roadshow? :p

09-13-2007, 07:20 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	imagine the pr0n you could surf on that! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-13-2007, 08:37 PM	#3
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	10-4 __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-13-2007, 10:35 PM	#4
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	"Approximate cost: As part of a larger contract including other supercomputers, just under $100 million." Oh, in that case, I'll take two. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-16-2007, 09:30 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	BlueGene/L ... What kind of supercomputer name is that? Supercomputers need cool names, like Cray or HAL. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-16-2007, 10:02 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I dunno...BlueGene. Maybe it is partially organically based, and it is pregnant, and that's how the next one is going to come along. In that case, the name is real appropriate. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-16-2007, 10:15 PM	#7
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Maybe the 'P' in BlueGene/P stands for BlueGene/POTUS ... as in, the next POTUS? An alternative to the Hilary/Obama/GOP roadshow? :p __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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