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System X supercomputer speeds up almost 20 percent

Tue, 10/26/2004 - 09:45 — boredatwork

"Virginia Tech's all-Mac System X supercomputer, installed at the university's Terascale Computing Facility, made headlines last year when it was determined to be the third-fastest supercomputer in the world. System X has been upgraded to Apple Computer Inc.'s Xserve G5 server and now runs even faster, with a sustained speed of 12.25 trillion operations per second -- 19 percent faster than before."

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Tue, 10/26/2004 - 10:13 — Andy (not verified)

RE: System X supercomputer speeds up almost 20 percent

Go Hokies

Tue, 10/26/2004 - 13:59 — atrox (not verified)

RE: System X supercomputer speeds up almost 20 percent

So it was third fastest, then got upgraded, what is it now.

And forgive my ignorance but what in the hell is a "Hokie" (besides the VT mascot, what is the etymology/definition of Hokie)?

Tue, 10/26/2004 - 14:00 — atrox (not verified)

RE: System X supercomputer speeds up almost 20 percent

Ok after reading the article (and others) I see that the new ratings will come out in 2 weeks.

http://news.com.com/Supercomputer+race+heats+up

Tue, 10/26/2004 - 14:53 — Andy (not verified)

RE: System X supercomputer speeds up almost 20 percent

Here is a link explaining it. My answer is...who knows, so just go with it! :)

http://www.unirel.vt.edu/vthistory/hokie-explained.html

Wed, 10/27/2004 - 07:16 — atrox (not verified)

RE: System X supercomputer speeds up almost 20 percent

I see, I think I have asked and been pointed to that before as now it seems vaguely familiar. Thanks.

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