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vl...@hops.cs.jhu.edu (Rakesh Malik) wrote:

>Chris Leung (Grge...@silcon.com) wrote:
>: Rakesh Malik <vl...@hops.cs.jhu.edu> wrote in article
>: <5oc1ll$3...@foobar.cs.jhu.edu>...
>: > Pete Wilson (pwi...@dial.pipex.com) wrote:
>: > : Andy wrote:
>: > : > 
>: > : > On Fri, 06 Jun 1997 11:22:03 -0700, Levi Cochran
>: > : > <levi.c...@Ebay.sun.com> wrote:
>: > : > 
>: > : > > I read about this computer in the paper.
>: > : > > Isn't the first computer to do a trillion calculations a sec.
>: > : > > I think it had 200+ PPros in parallel.
>: > : > >
>: > : > > All of this could have actually been a dream I had, but I think
>: it's
>: > : > > pretty close to being correct.
>: > : > 
>: > : > 200+ PPros in parallel would not make the fastest computer.  Cray
>: > : > makes supercomputers using 512 500MHz Alphas in parallel.  To make an
>: > : > Intel-based machine as powerful as this, you'd need to parallel 2048
>: > : > PPros (large-scale parallelling is done in powers of 2).  This begs
>: > : > the question: why?  The Alpha solution would be more efficient and
>: > : > less expensive to implement.
>: > 	That is completely true, 200 PPro's is not a lot of PPro's relative
>: > to a high-end SGI/Cray supercomputer.  However, the world's fastest
>: computer
>: > is a supercomputer at Sandia National Labs (I believe they are still an 
>: > afilliate of Lockheed Martin) built around 9,200 PPro 200 CPU's.  It's
>: capable
>: > of 1.4 teraflops, and has yet to be matched by ANYTHING.  I doubt that 
>: > that will remain the case for long, but today that's the winner.  It's
>: also
>: > the only one of its kind that I know of.
>: > 	According to rumour, it can boot Windows 95 in under a minute... ;)
>: > 
>: > 	-Rakesh
>: > 

>: Isn't the fastest computer right now the Omega Red.. the Pentagon has it.
>: Consisting of 2 terrabytes of storage and LOTs of PPros...?
>	No, it's the one at Sandia that I described above.  It has more
>PPros than anything else has of anything right now.  

>	-Rakesh

No matter what supercomputer you are talking about.  Bet the damn
thing still couldn't run I76 smoothly :-)

HeXXeR