SGI & NASA Build World's Fastest Supercomputer 417
GarethSwan writes "SGI and NASA have just rolled-out the new world number one fastest supercomputer. Its performance test (LINPACK) result of 42.7 teraflops easily outclasses the previous mark set by Japan's Earth Simulator of 35.86 teraflops AND that set by IBM's new BlueGene/L experiment of 36.01 teraflops. What's even more awesome is that each of the 20 512-processor systems run a single Linux image, AND Columbia was installed in only 15 weeks. Imagine having your own 20-machine cluster?"
hmmmm...... (Score:4, Funny)
That's nothing... (Score:5, Funny)
20 system cluster?!? (Score:5, Funny)
Who cares about a 20 system cluster, I want a one 512 processor machine!
or 20, I'm not that picky
Everyone needs one! (Score:5, Funny)
or (Score:1, Funny)
Wow---- (Score:5, Funny)
And after further cooperation with Redmond... (Score:4, Funny)
its not the hardware thats important (Score:5, Funny)
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Imagine a... (Score:2, Funny)
oh wait, sorry, Cray deja-vu
Re:Intent of NASA... (Score:4, Funny)
Here's the current list... (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf [netlib.org] See page 54.
And here's the current top 20 [wisc.edu] as of 10/26/04...
Re:hmmmm...... (Score:5, Funny)
Tomorrow looks like developing a slight rise in Insightful post, but a drop in overall Informative. "First Post" will remain as a constant pattern.
NASA.org? (Score:5, Funny)
Try NASA.GOV.
One is a parity bit... (Score:4, Funny)
RAEM (redundant array of expensive machines) just doesn't ring right - to close to REAM.
Re:Ok, what is the point of this? (Score:4, Funny)
I think you meant to say... (Score:3, Funny)
ARRRGGGHHHH PEOPLE'S HEADS ARE EXPLODING!!!
Now you know that there's some engineer with acces to this thing thinking how he can jump to the front of SETI@HOME.
Re:Ways you are wrong (Score:3, Funny)
so it's not water-cooled?
[didn't RTFA]
Ya know... (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, am I on candid camera?
Re:Everyone needs one! (Score:5, Funny)
Not to be pedantic, but the correct term is "Freedom Bomb".
My proposed use of this super computer.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:windows (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Photos of System (Score:5, Funny)
But... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow---- (Score:1, Funny)
Butch?
Batch?
Beach?
Bunch?
Bench?
What's the secret word noone will tell me?
Re:Everyone needs one! (Score:3, Funny)
I can see a certain person now... (Score:5, Funny)
"512 processors, 20 machines, $699 per processor. All that intellectual property, yes! No free lunch no, Linux mine, MIIIINE, BWAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!"
*dials*
"Hello, NASA? About that $7,157,760 you owe me...
I'm sorry, where do you want me to jump?"
Re:Wow---- (Score:2, Funny)
What?! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Intent of NASA... (Score:4, Funny)
Imagine a Beowolf cluster... (Score:2, Funny)
CBV@#$)(*?>M
I had a shell on the machine for day (Score:4, Funny)
# make -j 10534 bzImag
and even before I could hit the e and enter, it was done.
I was gonna build X but on this box the possible outcomes of "build World" scared me!
Units? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, but what is that in bogomips?
Re:Of course not. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Everyone needs one! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Photos of System (Score:3, Funny)
Re:its not the hardware thats important (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Imagine? (Score:2, Funny)
Where?
> Everywhere.
And what sort of things were you interested in?
> Everything.
Mostly a bunch of airplanes and some water.
nothing compared to 500TF per floor at the CIA (Score:4, Funny)
2. I bet the CIA also can change the weather, go read HARP etc... if the russians can do it in the 80s then the CIA can do anything.
Re:And after further cooperation with Redmond... (Score:3, Funny)
A: A slide projector.
(Old joke. cat nt-joke-1990.txt | sed -e 's/Windows NT/Longhorn/g')
Pah! 9 weeks? (Score:2, Funny)
And they call it a super computer!
* Just kidding, SuSE 9.0
** Kidding again, 2800+
*** I can't remember the install time.
They'd run Windows XP... (Score:3, Funny)
Run Windows Update for each box.
Remove Windows Messenger.
Cancel the window telling you to take a tour of XP.
Cancel the window telling you to get a passport.
Run the net connection wizard.
Reboot after installing updates.
etc....
(I'm not being totally serious, I know you can deploy ghost images etc..)
Re:nothing compared to 500TF per floor at the CIA (Score:1, Funny)