http://lummie.co.uk Code, Apps, Thoughts & Dribble Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://lummie.co.uk/nnsa-ibm-build-super-super-computer/ http://lummie.co.uk/nnsa-ibm-build-super-super-computer/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:51:17 +0000 admin http://lummie.co.uk/?p=365 I read today in Linux Format that IBM are working with the US National Nuclear Security Administration to build a super computer with the following specs: 20 petaflops of processing power, 1.6 petabytes of memory and 1.6 million processing cores ! It will be 10 times more powerful than the current fastest super computer. I am all for super computers but working with the organisation responsible for the USAs nuclear defence is just silly in my book. Have they not seen the films? I am surprised the project is not called Skynet.

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