June 25, 2008
Fastest Super Computer in the World!
Posted by: admin : Category: News
An article by Erica Ogg:
“Fun fact: the fastest supercomputer in the world–used to monitor the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile–is really just a PlayStation 3 on steroids. Roadrunner is based on the IBM QS22 blades, which are built using advanced versions of the Cell processor in Sony’s PS3. It also runs using x86 chips from Advanced Micro Devices, making it the world’s first hybrid supercomputer.
“In total, Roadrunner takes up 278 refrigerator-size server racks, and connects 6,562 dual-core AMD Opteron and 12,240 Cell chips.”
Full story:
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