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'Jaguar' Cray hypercomputer beats 1.3 petaflops

Max

HOORAY! 

Happy

I have always been rooting for Cray and I hope this gives them the boost they need.

bert Plucker

jerky playback 

Can it play Hi Def films without stuttering?

Steven

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Joke

Bet it can't run Crysis on full settings...

Matt Bryant

Scale-oooouuuuutttt! 

Happy

Just waiting for the Sunshiner that posted that x64 doesn't scale to post an apology...

/not holding my breath on that one!

Anonymous Coward

I want one. 

Joke

Even if it is too lowspec to run Vista!

TMS9900

Wow! 

Thumb Up

Ok, I'm officially impressed. When will be available in PC world?

Dave

Jaguar 

Alert

For a minute there, I thought that you were saying that Jaguar had the fastest machine in history.

Anonymous Coward

Wow 

Paris Hilton

"It will enable researchers to simulate physical processes on a scale never seen before, and approach convergence for dynamical processes never thought possible"

...While at the same time setting the benchmark for "windows 8" certification (windows 7 has already been set)

Now which is quicker, this computer or Paris?

Andrew Dodd

A machine that will finally run Vista at the speed that Microsoft designed it for 

Paris Hilton

and Paris because she is just as hot as the CPU coolers

Anonymous Coward

dedicated to open scientific research 

Paris Hilton

Which means that they still don't have the cpu power that Google has for serving up ads or the latest paris video

Anonymous Coward

crysis? on full setings? 

Joke

have you seen specs needed to run new grand theft auto IV? good luck!

Gordon Grant

When Can I book some time on it... 

Happy

Hmm I'd love to borrow this Comp for a day even a few hours and run a "DC" project across all it's processors...

If it all worked would be nice to see the stats spike for that day...

vincent himpe

i bet 

this is a machine that can run an endless loop in just under 4 hours.. Go Cray Go !

Anonymous Coward

Linux, I presume. 

Linux

Fairly long ago Linux was never mentioned, (the word was selfmade or something) now that some 90% of the top 500 run Linux , to day it is unnecessary to mention. And still there are those who find it surprising.

joe

Hay Mat 

Coat

How did the Cray super computer turn into a Sun bashing opportunity? Well despite the power it has it will never equal the awesomeness of the opens source ponytail!

Anonymous Coward

Good old Matt 

Heart

Gets owned in the Sun threads so decides to troll non-Sun threads instead...

LOL

BioTube

We should make sure it's accurate 

Ask it for the ultimate answer. If it gives something other than 42, then something's installed wrong.