Killer REDCINE De-Bayer System Discovered!

[Warren Kommers]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/09/fastest.computer.ap/index.html


To put the computer's speed in perspective, if every one of the 6 billion people on earth used a hand-held computer and worked 24 hours a day it would take them 46 years to do what the Roadrunner computer can do in a single day.

Let's do a group buy!:biggrin:

 

[Alex Carr]

You'll only need a Warehouse or two to network all the computers that make up this one engine. 7000 Dual core computers make up this one render engine.
I suspect its in the 2.0phz (Petahertz) range.

 

[hunterrichards]

How about every reduser run a fiber-optic network to each others computer and cluster?

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Phew...at least it will fit in my office. I got worried until I saw that it only occupies 6000 square feet. I thought I might need a warehouse to store it. And they got it in under the Billion dollar price tag, actually way under. I'm putting an order in for one today. Send me your Red footage and I'll process it for you.

 

[Martin Weiss]

...under a Billion? Wasn't there a Billionaire on this forum...

Hmm...

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear weapons work, including simulating nuclear explosions.

The computer, named Roadrunner, is twice as fast as IBM's Blue Gene system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which itself is three times faster than any of the world's other supercomputers, according to IBM.

"The computer is a speed demon. It will allow us to solve tremendous problems," said Thomas D'Agostino, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees nuclear weapons research and maintains the warhead stockpile.

Yeah, what a great purpose.
I'm sure Einstein and Tesla would be really proud.

 

[number6]

Yeah, what a great purpose.
I'm sure Einstein and Tesla would be really proud.

Yeah, I agree they would be proud. After all, this allows simulated testing so that actual atmospheric testing doesn't have to be done. Very good for the testes.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

After all, this allows simulated testing so that actual atmospheric testing doesn't have to be done.

Actually, I was being sarcastic regarding the nuclear weapon development, but I agree on this.