Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Fujitsu readies 23 petaflops Sparc FX10 super beast
A fully loaded 1,024-rack FX10 will have 6.1PB of main memory across its 98,304 nodes and deliver a peak performance of 23.25 petaflops. So now Fujitsu, IBM, and Cray have all set their sights on breaking the 20 petaflops barrier on their way to the exascale heavens.
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 1024 racks? Not likely in practice. Ever.
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 1024 racks? Not likely in practice. Ever.