Japan Pushes World?s Fastest Computer Past 10 Petaflop Barrier

danrok · #1 (**permalink**) 3rd November, 2011, 01:55 AM

See front page: http://www.aoaforums.com/frontpage/c...p-barrier.html

cloasters · #2 (**permalink**) 6th November, 2011, 02:30 AM

That there is one fast mosheen. So the Chinese built a machine from homegrown chips recently. Gee, wonder where the processor building prowess came from? Oh no, don't diss the Chinese--they make our war lovin' rapidly crumbling empire possible by buying our debt.

cloasters · #3 (**permalink**) 7th November, 2011, 11:43 PM

When China had the record setting super computer recently it was packed with AMD GPU's. Are GPU's used in other mama mia, that's a fast meatball! Super machines?

danrok · #4 (**permalink**) 8th November, 2011, 12:18 AM

I would guess that the type of processor chosen would depend on what purpose the computer will be used for.

GPUs are very good at number crunching.

Gizmo · #5 (**permalink**) 10th November, 2011, 11:05 PM

Since no-one else asked, I gotta........

"Yeah, but how well does it fold?"

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