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"K" Super computer...

RavenkallenRavenkallen Posts: 1,057
edited 2011-06-21 08:44 in General Discussion
Whoa, this thing sounds like a beast. 8.2petaflops a second. They said it was like linking one million PC's together AND it costs $10,000,000 a year just to power it... Wow!! The Japanese really wanted to blow away the competition with this one:)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/technology/20computer.html

Comments

  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-06-20 10:16
    Humanoido appears to be intent on challenging them, using Propeller chips. :)
  • piguy101piguy101 Posts: 248
    edited 2011-06-20 11:24
    Now why is a computer that powerful necessary? The only real use I see of it is calculating PI!
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-06-20 11:29
    It's national pride, to some extent. They do have uses, of course, like designing nuclear weapons.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-06-20 11:30
    From Wiki:

    "Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems involving quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling (computing the structures and properties of chemical compounds, biological macromolecules, polymers, and crystals), physical simulations (such as simulation of airplanes in wind tunnels, simulation of the detonation of nuclear weapons, and research into nuclear fusion)."

    They forgot playing Jeopardy....

    Rick
  • prof_brainoprof_braino Posts: 4,313
    edited 2011-06-21 08:44
    piguy101 wrote: »
    Now why is a computer that powerful necessary? The only real use I see of it is calculating PI!

    It will come in handy to compute the exact second the asteroid will destroy the earth in 2012, as the asteroid will not be detected until 2012. A lesser machine would not finish in time.
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