The world's fastest commercial supercomputer has been launched by IBM. Blue Gene/P is three times more potent than the current fastest machine, BlueGene/L, also built by IBM. The latest number-cruncher is capable of operating at so-called ``petaflop'' speeds - the equivalent of a thousand trillion floating point operations a second. Approximately 100,000 times more powerful than a PC, the first machine has been bought by the US Government. It will be installed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.FOOTNOTE: Cut to the quick.
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Ah, IBM. I always think of my dad - he worked for IBM in Edinburgh for many years.
okay, Petaflop speeds? Like how fast an idea from PETA flops?
Yes, yes. It's fast, and it's strong. What they neglected to say is that smells like a locker room and leaves moustache clippings in the sink. But you can't have everything.
BTW, Argonne is very close to Craver-ville. I have friends who work there.
I need that computer to keep count of Mummy's poos today- she ate too much of that chocolate cake the other day- oooo sugar has a WEIRD affect on her.
Hahaha!
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