Fastest Supercomputer in the world now in Japan

[Apex]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021217/D7NVBOC80.html

Earth Simulator runs 35.6 trillion calculations per second, roughly the speed of the top 20 US supercomputers combined.

http://imgfarm.com/images/ap/JAPAN_SUPERCOMPUTER.sff_NY113_20021216225803.jpg

http://imgfarm.com/images/ap/JAPAN_SUPERCOMPUTER.sff_NY114_20021216230003.jpg

http://imgfarm.com/images/ap/JAPAN_SUPERCOMPUTER.sff_NY112_20021216225657.jpg

[chadlnc]

And to think that one day our kids will laugh at us because they have something even more powerful than that in their laptops.

[Bires]

(I already have something more powerful than that in my lap....) :naughty:

But seriously: I want to see their airconditioning bill!

[K2]

Originally posted by chosenfool
lookit all dem wires...:eek:

:dodgy:

my question is:

how high does it overclock? :hmm:

with water cooling that is :D

[Showtime]

How many frames per second are we talkin about here?

-jel:P

[revil]

Originally posted by the jello is jigglin
How many frames per second are we talkin about here?

-jel:P
not too well, i hear they are just SLIing voodoo 2's.

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by K2
with water cooling that isI would be willing to bet that they are already water cooled. :P

[Speedfreak]

Originally posted by chosenfool
can we talk them into joining our SETI team?

:heh: ..and he takes the lead a second out of the gate.


I want just like 5 minutes with that thing so I can encode all of my DVDs (about 60) to DivX. :D

[Showtime]

BTW, that's the fastest supercomputer that we know about. :wow:

We got stuff hidden away that'll smoke that foreign made rig.

Not to mention my 1.6A P4 that, as you know, is oc'd!

:pfft:

-jel:halo: