Japanese supercomputer 'K' is world's fastest at 8.2 petaflops - Polidicks

I usually wouldn't, but in this case would've laughed my ass of if the first post would've been "But can it run Crysis?"

Isn't this the supercomputer where the Japanese figured out "Hey, we can just use GPUs for shit instead of crappy CPUs? Woop"? I remember hearing something about the Japanese building a supercomputer based on GPUs instead of CPUs.

[QUOTE=nikomo;30628874]Isn't this the supercomputer where the Japanese figured out "Hey, we can just use GPUs for shit instead of crappy CPUs? Woop"? I remember hearing something about the Japanese building a supercomputer based on GPUs instead of CPUs.[/QUOTE] No. The previous record holder used GPUs but this is just 8-core CPUs.

[QUOTE=cathal6606;30628587]Do those red lines serve a purpose or is it just to make it look ricer?[/QUOTE] Red lines don't look like rice

but can it run Minecraft?

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[QUOTE=ThePuska;30629300]No. The previous record holder used GPUs but this is just 8-core CPUs.[/QUOTE] That's pretty stupid. Considering what supercomputers are usually used for, it makes more sense to just go with massively parallel GPUs.

It's pretty nice they use watercooling.

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[QUOTE=Redcow17;30620667]Yeah except they look like this: [img]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2007/09/supercomputer.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] "If we put spoilers on them, they'll be even faster"

Paint them red :v:

[QUOTE=Redcow17;30620667]Yeah except they look like this: [img]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2007/09/supercomputer.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Reminds me of the last level of Mirror's Edge for some reason.

Let's see if it can solve the Fukushima situation.

[QUOTE=Collin665;30627396]How many calculations can you do per second in your head? Because this one can do 8,200,000,000,000,000 with 64-bit precision per second.[/QUOTE] You'd be surprised how much the brain does without you knowing

[QUOTE]“It’s a lot more powerful than the other computers.”[/QUOTE] i'm telling myself that they thought the newscrew were computer-illiterates because if I don't, i'll lose what faith in humanity i have left.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;30624060]What the hell. I hope they do useful shit with this and not just run it to see how many calculations it can do. Article doesn't say what the fuck the computer is used for, so I'm not sure what to think. Maybe it's for research on developing machines....I don't know.[/QUOTE] most supercomputers handle complex math (eg billions of variables changing at the same time) like weather patterns, other shit etc

[QUOTE=Tetracycline;30638824]You'd be surprised how much the brain does without you knowing[/QUOTE] Brain wasn't mean for billions of number calculations though. But keeping your organs and body in check so you don't die is quite a hard task I suppose. Imagine if your computer crashed, it would die. Well that's what brain is trying to not do.

How does it run Tetris?

[QUOTE=johan_sm;30642317]Brain wasn't mean for billions of number calculations though. But keeping your organs and body in check so you don't die is quite a hard task I suppose. Imagine if your computer crashed, it would die. Well that's what brain is trying to not do.[/QUOTE] I really don't think you have a slight clue of anything you say

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;30626606]they made this computer to calculate how to make an even better computer[/QUOTE] that's a really deep thought

[QUOTE=FreakySoup;30648934]that's a really deep thought[/QUOTE] Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy jokes.

visualization takes up most brain power iirc. being able to make sense of your inputs, sight, sound, etc, probably takes a huge amount of power.

Baka gaijins got trashed by chinese, and now, WE trash the chinese! Ontopic, well done Japan.

[QUOTE=Mechwarrior;30620404]Ah, maybe this will help the development of that turd burger.[/QUOTE] Those poop burgers are a huge scar on Japan's face. Whenever Japan is mentioned, poop burgers will be mentioned as well.

Start bitcoining.

In the year 3020, This computer will be the free toy in every Special 'K' cereal.

Probably still cant run crisis

[QUOTE=adam1172;30659122]In the year 3020, This computer will be the free toy in every Special 'K' cereal.[/QUOTE] That will have to be one hell of a huge cereal box.

[QUOTE=TheCloak;30645834]I really don't think you have a slight clue of anything you say[/QUOTE] You're right, but no one gives a shit.

[QUOTE=BldrGyMnGy;30634009]"If we put spoilers on them, they'll be even faster"[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://becauseracecar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/255612_10150338385333298_734793297_9988959_7295140_n.jpg[/IMG]