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Cray blows by IBM in supercomputer speed ranking

networkworld.com — A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer, overtaking the installation that was ranked at the top in June, while China entered the Top 10 with a hybrid Intel-AMD system.

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  • nahsrocketeer75, on 11/16/2009, -2/+43It's when that animal rights group pulls one of their wacky stunts and no one notices or cares. Duh.
  • d3dm, on 11/16/2009, -0/+25Should be...

    "A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer that doesn't belong to the NSA..."
  • junioreven, on 11/16/2009, -0/+18It's common knowledge that the Cray supercomputer "juices". A simple urine sample will show this.
  • harokey, on 11/16/2009, -0/+11Not just the NSA, but its likely that they have something more powerful.

    Of course you're right, its the most powerful published supercomputer in the world.

    To quote my computer security professor, "Who knows what's in the buildings the NSA has, it could be full of basketball courts for all we know."
  • aspekt9, on 11/16/2009, -1/+11Que the lame Crysis comments...
  • TalahRama, on 11/16/2009, -0/+9Hola?
  • NextGenXbox, on 11/16/2009, -1/+10A petaflop is a failed comedian who happens to enjoy spending too much time with children.
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  • 13373h4X0r, on 11/16/2009, -1/+8I think the NSA buildings are totally hollow and vacant, and the organization itself merely a convenient myth to disguise the flow of tax money to various members of the "Skull and Bones" society.

    But, just in case, I'll give those computers something to think about: "Usama Bin Laden, Yellow-cake Uranium, Jihad, Terrorism, Anthrax, Sarin Gas, Improvised Explosive Device, Timing Mechanism, Sniper Rifle, National Monuments, World Leaders, Encryption, Steganography, Atomic Bomb, Rocket Propelled Grenade, Urban Warfare, Blast Radius, Fire Bomb, Suicide Bomber, Infidels, Wire Transfer, Computer Virus, Cyber Attack, Spying, Secret Codes, Setec Astronomy, Government Facilities, Mass Destruction, Panic, Authorities"

    See...Nothing happ@$*@$))$@)*^[NO CARRIER]
  • HeizeusX, on 11/16/2009, -0/+6Cray on top again, eh? Wow.. the more things change, the more they stay the same...
  • jeevesatvic, on 11/16/2009, -0/+6The current total for the top 500 is 27 petaflops. It says so right in the article you didn't read.
  • ducktomguy, on 11/16/2009, -0/+5did you mean to say "Cue" but misspelled it, or did you actually mean "What the lame Crysis comments..."
  • pintocat, on 11/16/2009, -1/+6I didn't know Cray was still around!
  • Shogi, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petaflop
  • vizerei, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4That joke's been over for a while. And do you think a computer with over 200,000 processors would have a problem? That's why you're not funny.
  • vizerei, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4Someone already beat you to it.
  • vizerei, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4Yeah but they're using AMD chips...so not the Cray we remember :(
  • Goph09, on 11/16/2009, -2/+61.7 petaflops? lol, that's nothing compared to the 20 petaflop supercomputer IBM is developing right now

    it'll have more computing power than the current top 500..COMBINED
  • Propethic, on 11/16/2009, -1/+5IBM is always developing the fastest super computer, all they do is just keep adding more processors to it. I'd rather see an Earth Simulator with 200k vector processors than an IBM one with 200k P4's
  • serif69, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3"Dump one of your threads into the cup, please."
  • Goph09, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/265 ...

    sorry, my bad..it will exceed 20 petaflops (it's for the government, they won't release the exact numbers)

    and in that article it states it will exceed the top 500 supercomputers

    here's another article http://gizmodo.com/5145315/ibm-sequoia-faster-than ...
  • vaderson, on 11/16/2009, -4/+7Ha ha ha. Nice work.
  • MacHarborGuy, on 11/17/2009, -0/+2or he meant for the Crysis comments to get in line and Queue up
  • mjk340, on 11/16/2009, -0/+2But can it run in a crisis situation?
  • theblacknight, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1It uses 2-3 times as much power as IBM Roadrunner, and it's barely faster.

    1.76 to 1.71 petaflops.
  • charlietuna, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1Honestly, I did not know Cray was still in business.
  • Goph09, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1there's a LOT more to making a fast computer than just adding more processors. Not only are they making them faster, but many times more efficient and energy saving.

    Also, IBM develops their own processors. Sequoia will have 16-core processors (1.6 million cores = 20 petaflops)
  • atroxodisse, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Don't forget the super computers they're hiding in communication companies secret rooms.
  • piieerrrree, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1your toupe is flying away btw
  • vizerei, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1You know, if you read the first few sentences of the article you wouldn't be asking that question.
  • niselat, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Beach shoes worn by kid touchers
  • MacHarborGuy, on 11/17/2009, -1/+2Or Crysis for that matter
  • fuzzynyanko, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Developing, but not out. It's like AMD is developing a 16-core CPU
  • j3ff86, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1Looks like Ray Liotta at the end of Hannibal.
  • Goph09, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1it'll be out in either 2011 or 2012
  • tallguy240, on 11/16/2009, -0/+0Its the biggest computer pissing contest on the planet! I have actually built or help build 6 systems that were on the list and 2 in the top 10 back in the day. They were Dells. Now it seems that the 'Big Iron' systems are coming back into fashion again.
  • TheVirus, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1Quit spamming your ***** website that no one will visit. Reported.
  • penclnck, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1They still use AOL on dial up though... Oddly, the 3rd fastest computer is at UT of Knoxville. Who would of pegged Tennessee for being a power house in fast computers?
  • dougm68, on 11/17/2009, -3/+2Cray can eat my *****.
  • vammirato, on 11/16/2009, -3/+2"The list of the Top 500 supercomputers, set to be released on Monday during the SC09 supercomputing conference in Portland, Oregon, is compiled twice a year and is now in its 34th installment."

    Corrected:
    "The list of the Top 500 supercomputers, set to be released on Monday during the SC09 supercomputing conference in Portland, Oregon, is compiled 6.023x10^23 times a year and is now in its 34th installment."



  • whasupjohn, on 11/16/2009, -3/+0I thought those were open toed shoes for your dog.
  • andrewober, on 11/16/2009, -10/+5But can it run Crysis?
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  • vaderson, on 11/16/2009, -12/+5What the hell are petaflops?
  • digitalArtform, on 11/16/2009, -11/+3Rendered on a Cray -

    http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2009/06/ves ...

    :D

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