Fastest computer in the world
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Topic: Fastest computer in the world
Posted By: Gullanian
Subject: Fastest computer in the world
Date Posted: 02 January 2004 at 1:39pm
| Does anyone know what the fastest computer in the worlds specs is? |
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Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 02 January 2004 at 1:48pm
it is something over in japan.. its as big as empire state or something.. have some thousand cpus.. not the computer you could have on your room..
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Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 02 January 2004 at 1:49pm
| and some truckloads with memory |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 03 January 2004 at 1:13pm
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japan is right but is not quite as big. Though the number 2 computer has been built in the US consiting of a few (2-3) thousand Apple G5 processors. I think it is in the range of a few 100 Terra Flops. I read an article about it somewhere and may be wrong on the numbers... ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 04 January 2004 at 6:33am
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I think this question needs clarification. 1) Fastest NETWORKED computing system OR 2) Fastest single computer BOX If it is 1, then it may be likely that the above answers are all wrong. There are several networks running medical and cryptographic problems and they are distributed world-wide. However, their computing power (flops) varies over time. You can get more info by looking up "cracking DES" or stuff like that. If it is number 2, then likely the answer will be something like "Cray" this or that or something. Creating a "super-computer cluster" is relatively easy (Google for "beowulf" etc.). The system in the US with the Apple G5's was created in no time. They had originally planned a different system, but when number came in telling them that they could do it for a fraction of the price with Apple computers, they pulled up their sleeves and went to town. The rest is history.
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Posted By: Diep-Vriezer
Date Posted: 06 January 2004 at 9:39am
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http://www12.tomshardware.com/images/thg_video_11_5ghz.zip - http://www12.tomshardware.com/images/thg_video_11_5ghz.zip Quite fast ------------- Gone.. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 06 January 2004 at 9:41am
But not a fast download... I'm crawling at about 40 KB/s... ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Diep-Vriezer wrote:
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 06 January 2004 at 9:53am
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HAHAHAHAHA~! I just about pissed myself again~! That was hilarious~!
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Posted By: Diep-Vriezer
Date Posted: 06 January 2004 at 9:54am
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Posted By: BoLt
Date Posted: 06 January 2004 at 9:55am
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By the sounds of things I don’t think it’s my PC then LOL.
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Posted By: Diep-Vriezer
Date Posted: 06 January 2004 at 9:57am
They cooled a P4 to -196 using liquid nitrogen. They set a new world record @ 5255 Mhz. Wonder what benchmarks you could set using a Radeon 9800 XT and such a system...  ------------- Gone.. |
Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 08 January 2004 at 7:55pm
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who ever though that dumping liquid nitrogen would speed up your processor ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 08 January 2004 at 7:58pm
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Speed of a processor is variable on a number of things:
Higher the voltage, faster the processor (as far as I know, but I am starting to think im completely wrong). So, higher voltage means a hot processor, the hot processor if its too hot will melt! So pouring liquid nitrogen cools it down, enabling higher voltages. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 08 January 2004 at 11:15pm
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I think I want one of http://www.cray.com/media/2003/november/top500_nov03.html - these ... maybe 2... Might need to consider moving to a bigger place though... my spare junk room is a bit clogged at the moment... I think the first sentence in this http://www.cray.com/products/systems/x1/CrayX1ProductSheet_pdfonly.pdf - PDF says it all...
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