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IBM supercomputer is world's fastest & most energy efficient

news.cnet.com — Good news for green tech: The fastest supercomputer in the world is also one of the most energy efficient. In the twice-yearly list of the fastest computers on the planet, IBM has 5 of the top 10 most powerful computers, including the No. 1 spot.

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  • Nikonian, on 08/17/2008, -0/+14"In total, Roadrunner takes up 278 refrigerator-size server racks, and connects 6,562 dual-core AMD Opteron and 12,240 Cell chips."
  • emecks, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8good to see that power can be achieved with efficiency.
  • jblanch, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6thats like saying the fastest car in the world has the best gas mileage for it's type of car
  • brainflakes, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4It does, but it only scores 5.4 on the Windows Experience Index
  • jdumbaugh, on 06/18/2008, -2/+6this is the one with 17,000 PS3 chips and 10,000 Opterons right?
  • MacBookForMe, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4WoW, that's the monster! IBM still is the top in computer business! (Watson Research Center)
  • Clydesdale, on 06/18/2008, -0/+3I'm on the L3 support team for BladeCenters. We are, it's been said, getting one of these systems, way scaled down of course, for support purposes. When it's not being used to help troubleshoot the ones in the field we're going to put it to work running BONIC for vairous @home projects. Should be interesting and a lot more palatable than running simulations of nuclear blasts :p
  • darrenprog, on 06/18/2008, -3/+6But, will it run Vista?
  • trollick, on 06/18/2008, -0/+3I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.
  • Jexie, on 06/18/2008, -0/+3Only if you turn off Aero, and transferring 1 gig to the USB drive still takes 45mins.
  • trollick, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2This and "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these" is all I got.
  • ronnyeo, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2Awesome IBM.
  • SwiftSlayer, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2Impressive system
  • OpCzar, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2Here's an interesting video about it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=s_4rIQmOw28
  • OpCzar, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2It will be used for science. and one of the greatest advancements enablers for scientists are these Super Duper Computers.

    "Meep Meep"
  • jbmcb, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2I wonder why it's running on Opterons instead of a Power-R architecture. I can figure out why it's running AMD instead of Intel, but why not run their own silicon?

    It's nice to see Cray still in the top ten list, just for sentimental reasons :)
  • mikedoth, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2Who cares.
  • freexe, on 06/18/2008, -1/+3Why do we need a new one? Solar, wind, hydro, geothermal work pretty well.
  • Clydesdale, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2They are running their own "Silicon" The system is made up of several blades types but the real power behind it is the QS22s that run CEL proccessors...made and developed by IBM.
  • rockandrollmark, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2ctrl+f
    "crysis"
    -1 digg
  • Tribis, on 06/18/2008, -0/+2Why read the article when you can just ask someone to read it for you in the comment section.
  • OpCzar, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1I was surprised to hear that the supercomputer is energy efficient because of the recent article about gaming consoles costing a lot in electricity.
  • yoda17, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1Efficiency = amount of computation / energy per computation which is not the same as energy usage.
  • njbdigg, on 06/18/2008, -6/+7IBM supercomputer - the fastest supercomputer in the world is also one of the most energy efficient.
  • netfreehost, on 06/18/2008, -1/+2Wait few years, you will see super computer on desktop.
  • Tribis, on 06/18/2008, -1/+2I was not aware that IBM was an energy company.
  • griz, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1Miles per gallon are no different that Tflops/watt.
    Show me a race car on the Bonneville flats that gets 35MPG and I'll show you a front page story.
  • PaulOwen, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1Why do we keep hearing these falsehoods from the US technology press. Right, I'll say it once more and then CNET 'writers' can go and do some 'research' of their own and promptly still carry on publishing this rubbish.

    ROADRUNNER IS NOT THE WORLD'S FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER.

    Unpopular as it is to say so, (Linpack test aside), that title belongs to a Japanese research computer called RIKEN MDGRAPE-3. They achieved petaflop speeds over three years ago, two years before IBM got round to it.

    OTOH, who cares about the truth when it doesn't have a US flag on top of it?
  • naterpoke, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1does this thing run os/2?
  • jbmcb, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1I understand that - but the host chips are Optertons.
  • griz, on 06/18/2008, -2/+2Take your right winged agenda elsewhere.
  • tfrans, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1If I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure I saw you make this exact comment yesterday. Don't ask how I remember that but, get a new joke.
  • rald84, on 06/18/2008, -10/+10BUT WILL IT PLAY CRYSIS?!?!?!?!?
  • trunks6008, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0actually the CELL chip that IBM is use is running at 4.6Ghz (which uses all 8 SPE). the CELL chip in the PS3 only runs at 3.2Ghz. (uses only 7 SPE)

    Metal Gear Solid 4 would have been 10X better if the PS3 was running at 4.6Ghz.
  • mentor972, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1Pretty sure this was on the front page a couple times this week.
  • jfsimard79, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1Meh, I'll be impressed once they reach the exaflop barrier
  • K3ITHK, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1Really?
  • rockandrollmark, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1Aw, for glaven out loud
  • GIScope, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1Great Ad for PS3!
  • UncleKennybobs, on 06/18/2008, -0/+0Does it include the cost of cooling?
  • bundwallah, on 06/18/2008, -2/+1Wow, the obligatory "will it run Crysis" comment is in under ten posts! Oh! And before I forget, for you slashdotters out there. "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!!?!?!" ;)
  • salinemist, on 06/18/2008, -5/+3Nuclear power is cheap, clean and efficient. Unfortunately we're spending money on "Global Warming" C02 *****.
  • fuckthis, on 06/18/2008, -3/+1They call it a PS3 on Steroids, haha.
  • inactive, on 06/18/2008, -3/+0Wonder how many FPS it would get with Crysis on max settings.
  • boardingal08, on 06/18/2008, -5/+1so... they can make this ridiculously fast computer... but we can't find a new energy source that is cheap, clean and efficient. Money is being put towards the wrong things
  • Lammin, on 06/18/2008, -8/+3But can it run crysis?
  • JasonTD, on 06/26/2009, -8/+1But will it run Crysis without dropping frames?
  • WooFerPPK, on 06/18/2008, -9/+0It may be fast, but the real question is, can it play Crysis on full settings?
  • atozsolution, on 06/18/2008, -15/+0Nice....

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