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China now has the fastest supercomputer in the world, with the DOE falling to 2nd and 3rd place. Of greater interest to me is that a cluster of Amazon EC2 instances ranked at 127th on the list (down from 42nd when it first made the list in November 2011), which means that if I wanted to use a supercomputer then I could rent one (for around a thousand dollars per hour), run my job (doubtless it would be something to do with dickgirls), and then just stop paying for the supercomputer rather than having to continue making mortgage payments on the thing.
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Stand by...In short order ORNL's Titan will blow the doors off anything else out there. DOE just gave a $1million grant for software development to Dr. Jack Dongarra for application in the exascale computing environment that Titan will become. Early estimates are for a potential of 1000 petaflops. From what I understand, the Chinese computers rely simply on huge amounts of cores, where Titan is already being designed around a hybrid system that includes GPU processors...which has a much higher potential for speed."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003 -
Yeah, the Chinese computer uses a crapton of x86 processors (according to the list of top supercomputers, the Chinese computer uses 3.1 million cores, while Titan uses 560K cores), which doesn't seem like a good fit for supercomputing<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures </p>Comment
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but can it run Crysis?To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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LOL! I bet the Chinese one can't. No GPUs. Titan would give you a hard on though.Originally posted by Sava View Post
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Here's what would happen. I'd get that supercomputer and then look at my Steam library and go "Dammit! I am bored!"Originally posted by PLATO View PostLOL! I bet the Chinese one can't. No GPUs. Titan would give you a hard on though.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Yes, you would be getting bored so much faster tough! Efficiency in boredom is important.Originally posted by Sava View Post
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At some point, I think I'd reach some sort of boredom singularity!Originally posted by PLATO View PostYes, you would be getting bored so much faster tough! Efficiency in boredom is important.
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Boredom implosion...the disease of the next generation. I can see that.Originally posted by Sava View PostAt some point, I think I'd reach some sort of boredom singularity!
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Lack of proper stimulation is already giving them digital dementia.
No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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It's solely devoted to cracking passwords.Originally posted by loinburger View Post“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"Comment
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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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