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China lays claim to fastest supercomputer title

Technology Oct. 29, 2010 - 03:32AM JST ( 8 )

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lakechamplainerOct. 29, 2010 - 09:49AM JST

And the real world relevance is......?
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retaliatorOct. 29, 2010 - 11:00AM JST

Wondering what they are used for in PRC. Hacking the email accounts of human rights activists probably.
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jason6Oct. 29, 2010 - 11:29AM JST

I would get that reading measured by an independent authority outside of China before claiming it to be truth. The Chinese government has a little bit of a reputation for distorting facts and there is a well-documented culture of cheating and copying in all aspects of life there.
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SamuraiBlueOct. 29, 2010 - 11:47AM JST

The super computer was co-developed with Nvidia(PRC funding, Nvidia technology) utilizing their GPU and Cuda technology. Nvidia made a separate announcement about this achievement so I believe it is legit.
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palisadez54Oct. 29, 2010 - 04:11PM JST

Parts made in U.S.A. Assembled in China...
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nandakandamandaNov. 01, 2010 - 11:22AM JST

Congratulations.

Maybe it can be used for diplomatic relations.
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roomtemperatureNov. 01, 2010 - 11:31AM JST

Even a potato chips maker named Pringles uses supercomputers to put those fragile chips in one piece in the package.
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KazamaiNov. 02, 2010 - 12:15AM JST

There is a distributed computing system that beats 2.5 petaflops already using PCs and Playstations. Google "folding@home" and click the wikipedia link.

" On February 18, 2009, Folding@home achieved a performance level of just above 5 petaFLOPS, thereby becoming the first computing system of any kind to surpass 5 native PFLOPS"