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(Reported by Xia Mingzhu)
This supercomputer, jointly developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory and IBM, is primarily used for nuclear weapons experiments, including nuclear test explosions. Researchers have named it Roadrunner. Before it, the IBM Blue Gene system computer at Lawrence Livermore in California was the world's fastest supercomputer. Globally, no other supercomputer could match even a third of Blue Gene's computational power. Roadrunner is twice as fast as Blue Gene.
The director of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has placed many currently unsolvable problems on Roadrunner's shoulders. The Nuclear Security Administration oversees the development of nuclear weapons and is responsible for maintaining the safety of existing nuclear weapons.
Beyond its nuclear applications, the computer has wide-ranging uses in engineering, medicine, and the currently trending fields of biofuel and fuel-efficient car development.
When it comes to computers, speed is crucial. The director of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration describes Roadrunner as a speed demon. Assuming six billion people on Earth each have a laptop and use it 24 hours a day without rest, the work they could accomplish in 46 years, Roadrunner can complete in a single day.
This supercomputer was the result of six years of collaboration between IBM and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Some of its components are derived from popular video games. It is revealed that it is based on the design of Sony's PlayStation gaming chips. The deputy director of IBM's supercomputer project department describes it as a supercharged PS3, although it looks nothing like a gaming console.
Source: http://tw. news. yahoo. com/ article/ url/ d/ a/ 080610/ 1/ 10x3x. html
World's Fastest Supercomputer Unveiled
(Reported by Xia Mingzhu)
This supercomputer, jointly developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory and IBM, is primarily used for nuclear weapons experiments, including nuclear test explosions. Researchers have named it Roadrunner. Before it, the IBM Blue Gene system computer at Lawrence Livermore in California was the world's fastest supercomputer. Globally, no other supercomputer could match even a third of Blue Gene's computational power. Roadrunner is twice as fast as Blue Gene.
The director of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration has placed many currently unsolvable problems on Roadrunner's shoulders. The Nuclear Security Administration oversees the development of nuclear weapons and is responsible for maintaining the safety of existing nuclear weapons.
Beyond its nuclear applications, the computer has wide-ranging uses in engineering, medicine, and the currently trending fields of biofuel and fuel-efficient car development.
When it comes to computers, speed is crucial. The director of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration describes Roadrunner as a speed demon. Assuming six billion people on Earth each have a laptop and use it 24 hours a day without rest, the work they could accomplish in 46 years, Roadrunner can complete in a single day.
This supercomputer was the result of six years of collaboration between IBM and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Some of its components are derived from popular video games. It is revealed that it is based on the design of Sony's PlayStation gaming chips. The deputy director of IBM's supercomputer project department describes it as a supercharged PS3, although it looks nothing like a gaming console.
Source: http://tw. news. yahoo. com/ article/ url/ d/ a/ 080610/ 1/ 10x3x. html