Friday, November 04, 2011
NSA ordered Exaflops super computer for year 2018
The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, page 340
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Cascade supercomputer will suffice to NSA for now. Your desktop is able to crunch few GFlops per second. Exaflops could billion times more. Thus comparison, Exaflops in crunching speed vs desktop is like desktop vs your paper and pencil in number crunching speed. Thus, for some applications it might difference in productivity when pencil and paper calculations substitute with desktop use.
A lot of difference, isn't it? Beware of Big Brother.
99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: Cascade supercomputer will suffice to NSA for now. Your desktop is able to crunch few GFlops per second. Exaflops could billion times more. Thus comparison, Exaflops in crunching speed vs desktop is like desktop vs your paper and pencil in number crunching speed. Thus, for some applications it might difference in productivity when pencil and paper calculations substitute with desktop use.
A lot of difference, isn't it? Beware of Big Brother.
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