New IBM supercomputer beats cray.. and can almost run vista

335e92tx · 11-18-2008, 09:57 AM

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9095318 (fixed original URL)
IBM's Roadrunner smashes 4-minute mile of supercomputing
Hybrid machine breaks petaflop barrier using Cell chip and running Linux

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http://www.computerworld.com/comment...9095318/173630
Sure, Roadrunner uses enough to power to light 39,000 100-watt bulbs, has 6,948 dual-core Opterons on IBM LS21 Blades, 12,960 Cell processors on IBM QS22 blades, 80 terabytes of memory, 296 IBM BladeCenter H racks, takes up 6,000 square feet, uses 57 miles of fiber optic cable and weighs 500,000 pounds. That's nothing.

What is even more astounding, it uses enough power to bake 20,000 medium 4-topping pizzas per hour, navigate Yahoo for 3 weeks before becoming clogged with spam, porn and adware, and find truly interesting and useful content on AOL in under two weeks. An anticipated upgrade will give Roadrunner enough computing power to boot Microsoft Vista in two out of three attempts without crashing.

!Xoible · 11-18-2008, 10:17 AM

vista cant keep up i knew it

darkphantom · 11-18-2008, 11:33 AM

there is no vista....just microsoft windows....

Windows 7 should kick vista's ass in terms of stability though...

!Xoible · 11-18-2008, 11:35 AM

lol im watching the PDC videos right now about Windows 7 and Azure

Blake · 11-18-2008, 12:30 PM

i should have held off buying a new computer and got one of those!

335e92tx · 11-19-2008, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by blakepilot

i should have held off buying a new computer and got one of those!

Well, maybe you can just upgrade - http://computerworld.com/action/arti...intsrc=hm_list

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335e92tx ahat 1059 Rep 2,592 Posts Drives: Was '07-335e92 - Now '13-335IS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas iTrader: (6)	New IBM supercomputer beats cray.. and can almost run vista http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9095318 (fixed original URL) IBM's Roadrunner smashes 4-minute mile of supercomputing Hybrid machine breaks petaflop barrier using Cell chip and running Linux Comments http://www.computerworld.com/comment...9095318/173630 Sure, Roadrunner uses enough to power to light 39,000 100-watt bulbs, has 6,948 dual-core Opterons on IBM LS21 Blades, 12,960 Cell processors on IBM QS22 blades, 80 terabytes of memory, 296 IBM BladeCenter H racks, takes up 6,000 square feet, uses 57 miles of fiber optic cable and weighs 500,000 pounds. That's nothing. What is even more astounding, it uses enough power to bake 20,000 medium 4-topping pizzas per hour, navigate Yahoo for 3 weeks before becoming clogged with spam, porn and adware, and find truly interesting and useful content on AOL in under two weeks. An anticipated upgrade will give Roadrunner enough computing power to boot Microsoft Vista in two out of three attempts without crashing. __________________ '13 335IS N54 (1 of 373 LeMans Blue out of 3597 total production e92)- Grey interior (1 of 24 in LMB with any trans- 1 of 14 with DCT)-MODS -MFactory LSD/MHD-BQ custom Tune/ATM-IC/AFE Momentum GT Intake/Konis/Mfront&HeimJoint Rear rods&arms/Brembos. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lo6aHZRo7XqtPkhL8 Last edited by 335e92tx; 11-18-2008 at 10:20 AM..
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