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PS3 based super-computing cluster on Linux

PS3 based super-computing cluster on LinuxNot yetThe PS3 is NOT made to be a computer. Important things like power supplies are not up to datacenter specs. Six hundred bucks is a bit pricey (you're paying for the Blu-ray) for a Cell - you could get 2 Xbox 360s for that...

Tags: Network technology, Game players, Linux, processor, Sony PlayStation 3, gigaflop, truckload, teraflop, chip

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

PPC vs. Intel: Top 500 shows who's right

The latest listing of the top five hundred super computers was released in today. Number five, behind two other PowerPC based machines, an Itanium, and NEC's custom earth simulator, is the MareNostrum machine at the Barcelona Supercomputer Center. It runs Linux on a cluster of 4,800 PPC 970 CPUs running...

Tags: R/Max, Linpack

Blog posts 2005-06-22

PPC vs. Intel: Top 500 shows who's right

The latest listing of the top five hundred super computers was released in today. Number five, behind two other PowerPC based machines, an Itanium, and NEC's custom earth simulator, is the MareNostrum machine at the Barcelona Supercomputer Center. It runs Linux on a cluster of 4,800 PPC 970 CPUs running...

Tags: Linpack, R/Max, R/peak

Blog posts 2005-06-22

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PS3 chip powers world's fastest computer

Some scoffed at the 8 PS3 supercomputer. But not the scientists at Los Alamos National Labs. They used the idea to build a 1 petaflop computer named Roadrunner - the world's fastest. Here's how. 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second Fine-grained simulation of aging nuclear...

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Storage, AMD Opteron, RAM, Computer, Cell, Chip, Roadrunner, PowerXCell, InfiniBand, Processors, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Build a $2,500 supercomputer

Supercomputing Costco-style In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov. Today you can build a more powerful machine for less than $2,500 in an 11" x 12" x 17" box. That works out to less than $100 per gigaflop as of January, 2007 ...

Tags: Performance, Supercomputer, Microwulf, Millicomputing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Build a $2,500 supercomputer

Build a $2,500 supercomputerYou do need a day off!Monday is Labor Day! lol!Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system.Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system. Available now for $600 in refurb units at buy.com. Don't forget the advent of quad cpu's...

Tags: RAID, Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Blade servers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Deep Blue, Cray Inc., supercomputer

Discussion threads 2007-09-01

Intel's 80 core CPU that isn't

Heres a bit from the EETimes report: Intels researchers have produced an 80-core chip that uses less energy than a quad-core processor and has teraflop performance capabilities. Researchers have built the prototype to study how best to make that many cores communicate with each other. Theyre...

Tags: General, Hardware, Unanswered questions

Blog posts 2007-02-21

Dreamland Checker 1b5 (Mac)

Dreamland Checker is a Level Editor for Bub & Bob 2, one of the greatest ways to make your gigaflop supercomputer behave like a trusty old Commodore 64. The usage of Dreamland Checker is next to obvious. The main thing to do is 'drawing' your level. Setting the parameters for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Graphics, Dreamland Checker

Software downloads 2006-06-18

Chipmakers admit: Your power may vary

Chipmakers admit: Your power may varyFlops/Watt and IntOps/Watt ?`` Parsing the differencesBut TDP is somewhat unrealistic, in that servers and PCs aren't usually running anywhere near full bore for extended periods of time. "This is like going around your house and counting light bulbs to determine the monthly power bill,"...

Tags: Memory, Web browsers, Programming languages, Semiconductors, Processors, Woodcrest, Intel Corp., T_yx, DRAM, Microsoft Corp., Java, Web browser

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

New supercomputers overhaul top ranks

New supercomputers overhaul top rankswhats the number?so whats the number for Commodore 64?or FisherPrice laptop?LOLSoftware?So what OS/software do these things run????Doesn't the hardware need software to work?I think we are only getting half the story here.Surely it must be MS Windows SuperServerCluster 2005.Wonder what a license of that costs.....Is it...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, supercomputer, software, Anticipating Minds

Discussion threads 2005-06-22

IBM gives glimpse of Blue Gene performance

IBM gives glimpse of Blue Gene performance360 trillion calculations/sec = 360 GIGAflops?If I recall, 1 trillion anything is a TERA-something, meaning that 360 trillion calculations/sec = 360 TERAflops, not gigaflops.RE: 360 trillion calculations/sec = 360 GIGAflops?Personally speaking they make it sound simpler by doing the following:1 MHz = 1 MegaHeartz1...

Tags: hertz, GigaFLOPS, teraflop, Blue Gene performance, Blue Gene, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2003-11-14