waynewex Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/02/a-look-inside-the-fastest-supercomputer-in-europe/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 that sucks. by christmas that thing will be about as outdated as a flock of seagulls haircut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 but can i play tetris on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Processor type: 32-bit PowerPC 450 at 850 MHz. Isn't PowerPC like...An ancient Macintosh processor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Processor type: 32-bit PowerPC 450 at 850 MHz. Isn't PowerPC like...An ancient Macintosh processor? The PowerPC is an IBM processor, though, it was previously used by Apple. I guess they're using an "old" chip for a number of reasons - Easier to cool, cheaper to build, consumes less power, and it was probably a new-ish chip in the design stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 What? It's only 32 bit? So you're telling me that this uber pimp computer is still going to fuck up my dates in 2038? Spend obscene amounts of money and still can't get a stupid date right. I think we were better off throwing sticks and beating our chests and being amazed at fire. Can't go wrong with fire. Fire never failed to do its job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 How many super computers do you know that are still up and working 28 years after they come online? it's already obsolete in terms of technology... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 How many super computers do you know that are still up and working 28 years after they come online? it's already obsolete in terms of technology... I wonder what they do with them whey they're "obsolete"... Donate them to a university, government, chuck it on eBay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Universities would be the kind of institutions that need these kinds of massive computational power. Funny that you would use a 32-bit platform on setups that are designed to handle huge amounts of data though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynewex Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 lol bu waht graphix card does it has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 does that thing support bluetooth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Actually, that computer is probably significantly slower than mine for running computer games. Sounds like it doesn't have much of (if one) a video card. And really, what good is 294,912 processor cores? How many threads will a computer /ever/ use? I'm sure never 294,912 threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Actually, that computer is probably significantly slower than mine for running computer games. Sounds like it doesn't have much of (if one) a video card. And really, what good is 294,912 processor cores? How many threads will a computer /ever/ use? I'm sure never 294,912 threads. I highly doubt a research institute would use such a computer for games. Who knows what their going to actually use it for (perhaps complex particle physics simulations for example?), but I'd wager that using it to to play a few rounds of Unreal Tournament or Crysis wouldn't exactly be on the task list. I started reading the comments page for that article.. While I don't use Vista, I had to laugh at this one: 144 terabytes of RAM. Might be enough to run Vista without crashing Some people are such smart asses lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What else is there to a computer besides the games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 better to be a smartass than a dumbass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 better to be a smartass than a dumbass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What else is there to a computer besides the games? Forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I wouldn't know what to do with one of these things about 5 minutes after sitting at it. When I built my i7 box, the first thing I did was conduct a race between it, and my previous machine, to see how quickly it could merge a couple of Gigs of avi files. After being suitably impressed, I just got on with my coding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I wouldn't know what to do with one of these things about 5 minutes after sitting at it. When I built my i7 box, the first thing I did was conduct a race between it, and my previous machine, to see how quickly it could merge a couple of Gigs of avi files. After being suitably impressed, I just got on with my coding... merging a couple of gigs of avi's, huh? PORN MASHUPS FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I think you owe us a torrent, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs.punk Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 LoL I can just imagine... A guy new to the computer world.. Goes into a computer shop... Asks, Hi what would you recommened for a guy new to computers but that won't get out of date quickly and also cheap? They redirect him to ebay for a supercomputer... The guy smacks it with the highest bid and wins... Next thing he knows theyre building a double story over his house for his 'computer'... LoL bet it's dusty in there too... They really need some BUG repellent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 wow I felt like I was just watching a 50's tv show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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