http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
Read somewhere that transcoding using nVidia 260 GPU (reference: Badaboom and Protein Folding) is about 20 times faster than Intel Quad. So does this mean 4500 opteron Quad is about as powerful as 225 nVidia 260 GPU ? (busy finding SLI interlink connector..hehehe).

The party will get merrier when intel unveil Larrabee GPU (cough), easy programmable in C+ and C++ (correct me if i am wrong) .Hear that ATI, nVidia? So when Direct X 12 released we just need to replace the driver with Larrabee (cough) instead of replacing the old video card - provided its still fast enough).

Only time will tell (yeah.. real soon)]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
Faster, yes. But also less precise. Many other network/cluster computing projects haven't adopted GPGPU exactly because of this reason.

"Specific task" is indeed the keyword here. There will be no universal take-over.]]>Jun 13th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
I don't even want to know what the classified ones are capable of....]]>Nov 12th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
http://www.gpgpu.org/

GPU is taking over specific and general purpose computing.]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 13th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
*grumbles* 45,000]]>Nov 12th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
In about 50 years or so.]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 14th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
Freakin' Sweet



Hate me if you must....but, Will it play Crysis?]]>Nov 12th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
It RAN Vista RAN Windows 7 chewed up and spit out Leopard owned Linux then realized they were all not robust enough contemplated and created Windows 2015. All before calculating 42.]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/I personally dub it the
Cray Engine.]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
Anyway, about the computer. Simply amazing, I wonder how much one of these bad boys costs? Anyone know any one who has one for pre-order, we could all go around and gawp at it haha.
]]>Nov 12th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
The power, rather than size is what we'll be commenting about in the future. The average netbook knocks the socks off most computers built over 5-6 years ago.

]]>Nov 12th 2008 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
oh well ....]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
I look like an idiot don't I]]>Nov 12th 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 12th 2008 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/Nov 17th 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
If I had a million-billion-trillion pounds, I could just link up several XT Jaguars, and declare myself as owning the fastest supercomputer. Hardly amazing, is it.

I used to be wowed by supercomputer stats, when I was 15, but now I guess I'm old and cynical and can see that all it amounts to is large sums money rather than pure technology.

Like Red cameras, I still want one though.]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/
So, the answer to the question at the bottom of the article...

The "million-billion-trillion pounds" might not be 'accurate', and it would also depend on your personal definition of "several"]]>Nov 12th 2008 9:39AM