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    New Supercomputer


    Posted: 28 Oct 2010
    Zhou Xingming, an NUDT professor said the computer is "equipped with 6,144 Intel CPUs and 5,120 AMD GPUs (graphics processing units)," and was able to "store all 27 million books in the National Library of China four times."


    The announcement was posted Thursday on several Chinese computer research websites. An official listing of the world's fastest supercomputers, the semiannual TOP500, is due to be issued Friday.


    If verified, Tianhe-1A would be significantly faster than the current title holder, the U.S. Department of Energy's Cray XT5 Jaguar in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which topped the list issued in June at 1.75 petaflops per second.


    Chipmaker NVIDIA, better known for designing plug-in video cards bought by high-end computer gamers, said the supercomputer is powered by more than 7,000 of its graphics processor units.
    More here:
    China: Our supercomputer is faster than yours! - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets - msnbc.com
    Anak's Avatar Posted By: Anak
    28 Oct 2010



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    Very impressive !
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    Now that is some fast computing!
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    And it really doesn't look that big either, but I'd still have to put an addition onto the house.
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    ...if it weren't for the fact that nobody really knows just what kind of computing power NSA has in their underground facilities (except for NSA itself), I'd say that that Chinese super-c is definitely the fastest computer in the world.
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    I wonder if it's had a BSOD yet?
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    allend66 said:
    I wonder if it's had a BSOD yet?
    They will use Linux , Unix or proprietary OS framework.

    No Windows = No BSOD :)
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    As wonderful as this achievement is, it begs the question (also applicable to all super-computers developed by any nation): what purpose will it ultimately serve?

    Probably a question best left to a different thread in a different forum.

    Incredible technology. Thanks for posting the news, Anak. :)
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    Who cares,if its made in china it would probably break by next wednesday...
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    "They have not stolen, it has been sold to them."

    sounds about right to me

    or both
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