Re: Parellel PPro supercomputer

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From: I
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 00:00

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Simon Juncal wrote:
> 
> Jab wrote:
> > ...Utilizing only three-fourths of the final supercomputer -- 7,264 of
> > the planned 9,200 Pentium� Pro processors -- the Intel/Sandia Teraflops
> > System is the first computer in the world to break the teraflops
> > barrier...
> >
> > --------
> >
> > Just a thought: how long will it be until we see a teraflop in our
> > handheld calculators?  The HP48GX from a few years ago runs many things
> > faster than the XTs I have in my basement.... hmmmmm   Quantum
> > computing, anyone?  :)
> >
> > --
> >
> >     -`^'-       Jeremy Black
> >     (o o)   ja...@po.cwru.edu
> > ooO--(_)--Ooo---------------
> 
> Man I bet you could get Quake to run at like 30FPS in 1024x768 on
> that thing. ;)  <j/K>
> 
> Who needs a 3d card... just run 9 thousand CPU's
> 
> I wonder what OS that contraption is using <heh heh heh heh>
> 

I wonder how fast IT can emulate 680x0 code... Now just imagine if IBM
built one of those things out of G3s... 10 teraflops here we come!!!

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Subject: Re: Parellel PPro supercomputer
Date: 1997/06/07
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