Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Geek-out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parallel computing.

Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which are then solved concurrently.

Fucking right!!!!

Yum.
391px-BlueGeneL_cabinet

This is Leslie Lamport. He first defined the concept of sequential consistency. Lamport is also well-known for his work in creating the LaTeX typesetting software.
Leslie_Lamport

Roadrunner is a supercomputer built by IBM at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA. Currently the world's fastest computer, the US$133-million Roadrunner is designed for a peak performance of 1.7 petaflops,
800px-Roadrunner_supercomputer_HiRes

2 comments:

Unknown said...

that thing is huge!!
(thats what she said?)

Rick is not Serious said...

Ha!

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