Comments on: NEC’s updates its supercomputer “Earth Simulator System”, breaks record http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/necs-updates-its-supercomputer-earth-simulator-system-breaks-record/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:03:00 -0500 hourly 1 By: marztar http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/necs-updates-its-supercomputer-earth-simulator-system-breaks-record/comment-page-1/#comment-1031761 marztar Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:20:15 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=93160#comment-1031761 what?? :S okay start from the top.. your name is Steve. I got that... what?? :S

okay start from the top.. your name is Steve. I got that…

]]> By: Steve http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/necs-updates-its-supercomputer-earth-simulator-system-breaks-record/comment-page-1/#comment-1031113 Steve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:03:55 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=93160#comment-1031113 The gist of NEC's news is that vector supercomputers have always been more efficient on Linpack than supers based on standard microprocessors. On the Top500 list in 1993, the first year the list was assembled, the NEC vector supers had about 91% efficiency and the Cray vector supercomputers had about 89% efficiency while those based on standard microprocessors were much lower. Same story today. Vector supers make up a small % of the market today. The gist of NEC’s news is that vector supercomputers have always been more efficient on Linpack than supers based on standard microprocessors. On the Top500 list in 1993, the first year the list was assembled, the NEC vector supers had about 91% efficiency and the Cray vector supercomputers had about 89% efficiency while those based on standard microprocessors were much lower. Same story today. Vector supers make up a small % of the market today.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/necs-updates-its-supercomputer-earth-simulator-system-breaks-record/comment-page-1/#comment-1031107 Patrick Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:51:49 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=93160#comment-1031107 Yeah, let me know when you can squeeze that onto a GPU-sized PCB...thanks. Yeah, let me know when you can squeeze that onto a GPU-sized PCB…thanks.

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