DCinON wrote:
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> "Van Chocstraw" <> wrote in message
> news:FdGdna7w3t89b1LUnZ2dnUVZ_g-...
>> Van Chocstraw wrote:
>>> Has built the petaflop computer.
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>> The new version of the PS3 chip - called a PowerXCell 8i Processor -
>> features 8x faster double-precision floating point and over 25 GB/sec
>> of memory bandwidth. That is the building block of a new and really
>> honking compute node ... [each] consists of 2 dual-core AMD Opterons
>> and 4 PowerXCell 8i’s. Each Opteron has a fast connection to 2
>> PowerXCells enabling a theoretical 25x boost in floating point
>> performance over a stock Opteron. No one mentioned how much RAM they
>> gave each PowerXCell, but the chip can address 64 GB of RAM, so each
>> compute node could easily support 264 GB of RAM (4×64GB + 2×4GB or
>> more on the Opterons). With over 100 GB/sec of memory bandwidth.
>>
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>> Van Chocstraw
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> ...and when the masses finally get this technology Microsoft will make
> sure Windows 10 slows it down to 'Vista Standards'.
>
> Doug
Had to laugh at that one...
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