Friday, January 28, 2011
Next-Generation Exaflops Supercomputers
The practical exaflops-class supercomputer DARPA was hoping for just wasn't going to be attainable by 2015. In fact, it might not be possible anytime in the foreseeable future. Think of it this way: The party isn't exactly over, but the police have arrived, and the music has been turned way down.
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 583-rack computer includes more than 160 million microprocessor cores ! In a novel twist, Dally's design has 16 dynamic RAM chips directly attached to each processor. Each processor chip also has ports for connections to up to 12 separate routers for fast off-chip data transfers.
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 583-rack computer includes more than 160 million microprocessor cores ! In a novel twist, Dally's design has 16 dynamic RAM chips directly attached to each processor. Each processor chip also has ports for connections to up to 12 separate routers for fast off-chip data transfers.
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