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Originally Posted by Webmaster
As of Nov 2007 it's the fastest computer in the world.
IBM BlueGene/L
Location: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Processor Type: PowerPC 440 700 MHz (2.8 GFlops)
Number of processors: 212,992
Main Memory: 73,728 GB
Disk space: 1.9 petabytes
Peak Speed: 596 teraFLOPS
Check out the slanted front panels that are needed for cooling.
This is just what you need to dash off some predictive, fully integrated 3D nuclear weapons calculations. Or maybe to answer those nagging plutonium aging questions that keep you up nights.
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I have no clue as to what that means, other than its fast! I'd probably just spill a soda on it and break it though.
Why do we need nuclear weapons calculations? We drop they go bang, there I just solved the problem I want a cookie.