Monday, October 17, 2011
Power a Major Hurdle on Road to Exascale
Power is a prime candidate for a major makeover. DARPA wants to develop a single rack capable of delivering in excess of one petaflop on the LINPACK benchmark for a power budget of 57 kilowatts. An unspecified number of these racks should be able to interoperate to address a single application — the building blocks of an exascale system.
BAD HARDWARE WEEK:
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: