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Re: <no subject>

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From: Zorak
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 00:00
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I've seen pictures of it before. It uses 9172 processors running in
parallel and can compute 1 TRILLION ops

Stu Becktell <Cl...@frontiernet.net> wrote in article
<5ncq1v$188e$1...@node2.frontiernet.net>...
> Andy wrote:
> > 
> > > The most powerful publicly know computer is a massively PARALLEL
Pentium
> > > Pro machine that is to model nuclear decay.  I'd be surprised if they
are
> > > faster than 200Mhz each.  ie it doesn't matter IF you have some real
> > > work to do with the chip.
> > 
> > Please, name this system.  I have never heard of PPros being used in
> > massive parallel.  In fact, I'm pretty sure you can't do that with
> > PPro chips.  You can massively parallel UltraSPARC chips and Alphas.
> > 
> > Besides, wouldn't you say the most powerful computer that is publicly
> > known (i.e., not known only to a segment of the scientific community)
> > is Deep Blue?
> > 
> > -Andy
> Thats bull, the goverment uses a computer that can compute 1 billion,
> yes billion, instructions at a time. No, I didn't hack into there
> computers, I watched the Today show one day before going to school.
> 
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Date: 1997/06/08
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