Blue Gene Supercomputer beats its own record - bit-tech.net Forums

WilHarris · 29th Oct 2005, 12:30

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/10...supercomputer/

stephen2002 · 29th Oct 2005, 13:39

If I had access to that thing I could render animations that take months in minutes

I wonder what the power requirements are?

P2D · 29th Oct 2005, 13:42

Who needs overclocking! damn how long till we get that kinda tech (Public, that is)

(and not 100 mil)

rupbert · 29th Oct 2005, 13:45

Absolutely mind blowing

boggsi · 29th Oct 2005, 13:52

The idea of AI scares me.

Have you people not seen the matrix!?!?! And you wanna give it the most powerful computer in the world!! pffft

Kipman725 · 29th Oct 2005, 15:14

and to answer the obilitory 3dmark question the answer is:
It can't score.

perplekks45 · 29th Oct 2005, 19:43

Anyone thought of Moore's Law? I think this has shown it ain't working anymore, is it?
For those who don't know...
Read this!
And this!

Swafeman · 29th Oct 2005, 20:06

Moores law never worked and never existed

Its only used as a ploy by chip companies, they could 10X the speed of PCs if they wanted, either my rampin clock speed, adding more cores, or just more CPUs, they dont tho, cos of Moores law, keep it doubling every 18 months and its a satisfactory increase for consumers, while they can make the maximum profit, why wouldnt they increase clock speed by 100% every couple of months? Cos then theyd top out after a few years and go bust, by slowing it down, they make their businesses tons of money, plus give themselves much more longetivity

Kipman725 · 29th Oct 2005, 23:37

Like Swafeman said mores law is one of echonomics.

Techno-Dann · 30th Oct 2005, 01:31

Actually, even if Moore's law was an absolute barrier, Blue Gene wouldn't be a violation. More's Law only constrains the power of a single chip, not Blue Gene's 131,072. (That's 2^17, by the way.)

{edit} That is to say, each of Blue Gene's CPUs follow More's Law, but because it has so many processors, it can work much faster than any single processor. {/edit}

Reaper_Unreal · 30th Oct 2005, 14:44

Just a typo I noticed, it's petaflop not petraflop. Gotta love those S.I. prefixes

jezmck · 30th Oct 2005, 16:36

The most amazing supercomputers and they can't think of decent names...

There are a few typos in the article: "...Blue Gene has one again..." should be "once"; "...quintrillion..." should be "quintillion"; "...intellegence..." should be "intelligence".
And do we need both "...a staggering 280.6 trillion calculations per second." and "This is 280,600,000,000,000 calculations per second."?

Blimey, I'm an arse, but why are these getting through?

MrWillyWonka · 30th Oct 2005, 19:43

Damn, I think I'll be putting future news through MS word before I send off the submission!

HellRazor · 31st Oct 2005, 04:20

The real question here though is:

Does it have Solitare on it? My life long dream is to play a game of Solitare on the worlds most powerful PC.

bloodcar · 31st Oct 2005, 05:28

You guys do know that Moore's law relates to the number of transisters on a chip and not it's speed, don't you?

29th Oct 2005, 12:30	#1
WilHarris Just another nobody Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Oxford Posts: 2,671	Blue Gene Supercomputer beats its own record http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/10...supercomputer/

29th Oct 2005, 13:42	#3
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29th Oct 2005, 15:14	#6
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29th Oct 2005, 19:43	#7
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29th Oct 2005, 20:06	#8
Swafeman Ultramodder Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: B'ham Posts: 1,465	Moores law never worked and never existed Its only used as a ploy by chip companies, they could 10X the speed of PCs if they wanted, either my rampin clock speed, adding more cores, or just more CPUs, they dont tho, cos of Moores law, keep it doubling every 18 months and its a satisfactory increase for consumers, while they can make the maximum profit, why wouldnt they increase clock speed by 100% every couple of months? Cos then theyd top out after a few years and go bust, by slowing it down, they make their businesses tons of money, plus give themselves much more longetivity __________________ I am Roger, that is me0

29th Oct 2005, 13:39	#2
stephen2002 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 182	If I had access to that thing I could render animations that take months in minutes I wonder what the power requirements are?

29th Oct 2005, 13:45	#4
rupbert Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 799	Absolutely mind blowing

29th Oct 2005, 13:52	#5
boggsi Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 105	The idea of AI scares me. Have you people not seen the matrix!?!?! And you wanna give it the most powerful computer in the world!! pffft

29th Oct 2005, 23:37	#9
Kipman725 When did I get a custom title!?! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,753	Like Swafeman said mores law is one of echonomics. __________________ Sn45g game server mod My Electronics Site Hardware: 3400+ Sempr0n, 1GB RAM, 1.28TB local storage, x1950pro,Razer Viper,M$ comfort curve 2000,L70S + 17", Fujitsu 17" CRT Audio: HD-650's, PE congress amp, Sound Blaster AWE64, Soundblaster 24bit

30th Oct 2005, 01:31	#10
Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pullman WA, USA Posts: 1,572	Actually, even if Moore's law was an absolute barrier, Blue Gene wouldn't be a violation. More's Law only constrains the power of a single chip, not Blue Gene's 131,072. (That's 2^17, by the way.) {edit} That is to say, each of Blue Gene's CPUs follow More's Law, but because it has so many processors, it can work much faster than any single processor. {/edit} __________________ The intellitxt demon fell dead, Sir Tim's lance embedded in its heart. The fair land of Bit-Tech was free from its influence once more. And there was much rejoicing.

30th Oct 2005, 14:44	#11
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30th Oct 2005, 16:36	#12
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31st Oct 2005, 04:20	#14
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31st Oct 2005, 05:28	#15
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