Second Blue Gene system rises up the ranks

Iria · Jun 13, 2005, 08:27 AM

A second Blue Gene/L supercomputer has posted speed results that lift it to the high ranks of supercomputing, IBM plans to announce Monday.

The system, called Blue Gene Watson and located at IBM's Thomas Watson Research Center, performed 91.3 trillion calculations per second, or 91.3 teraflops. That means it's second only to IBM's original Blue Gene/L system, the fastest supercomputer in the world, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and clocked at 135 teraflops.

IBM's Watson announcement will come two weeks before an expected bevy of such results, when researchers plan to release the latest list of the world's 500 fastest machines. The list is unveiled twice yearly at supercomputing conferences.

The higher speed, measured with an algebraic calculation test called Linpack, puts IBM another notch ahead of Silicon Graphics, whose Columbia system at NASA reached 51.9 teraflops last fall

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nForcer · Jun 13, 2005, 08:39 AM

give it 10 years and we'll be doing that level on our wrist watches!

oh you laugh...thats what they said during the days of the Apollo Space Launch Missions! Now the power in our watches ARE more powerful than those that sent humans into space!
Really boggles your mind when you think about it. Moore had it right.

Kittens · Jun 13, 2005, 09:48 AM

Wow, I would never think up what to do with a computer that fast.

krips · Jun 13, 2005, 10:53 AM

Run united devices or folding @ home on it.

Jun 13, 2005, 08:27 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Second Blue Gene system rises up the ranks A second Blue Gene/L supercomputer has posted speed results that lift it to the high ranks of supercomputing, IBM plans to announce Monday. The system, called Blue Gene Watson and located at IBM's Thomas Watson Research Center, performed 91.3 trillion calculations per second, or 91.3 teraflops. That means it's second only to IBM's original Blue Gene/L system, the fastest supercomputer in the world, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and clocked at 135 teraflops. IBM's Watson announcement will come two weeks before an expected bevy of such results, when researchers plan to release the latest list of the world's 500 fastest machines. The list is unveiled twice yearly at supercomputing conferences. The higher speed, measured with an algebraic calculation test called Linpack, puts IBM another notch ahead of Silicon Graphics, whose Columbia system at NASA reached 51.9 teraflops last fall ___________ Read More / Source: News.com

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Jun 13, 2005, 08:39 AM	#2
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	give it 10 years and we'll be doing that level on our wrist watches! oh you laugh...thats what they said during the days of the Apollo Space Launch Missions! Now the power in our watches ARE more powerful than those that sent humans into space! Really boggles your mind when you think about it. Moore had it right.

Jun 13, 2005, 09:48 AM	#3
Kittens DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Roswell, NM, USA Posts: 57 Rep Power: 0	Wow, I would never think up what to do with a computer that fast.