Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:22:44 05/14/04
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On May 14, 2004 at 00:11:48, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On May 13, 2004 at 12:48:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 13, 2004 at 08:03:17, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On May 13, 2004 at 07:56:28, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On May 12, 2004 at 22:56:45, margolies,marc wrote: >>>> >>>>400 staff members, 12 megawatt, and just slightly faster than earth, >>>>it all sounds stupid to me. >>> >>>400 staff members is of course too pathetic for words. 390 will be drinking >>>coffee. >>> >>>>by the way, it won't be the fastest supercomputer at all. >>>> >>>>Note that they probably didn't order what they can get for their money in 2007 >>>>either. clever salesmen promise something that's far under what they can deliver >>>>in 2007 for that price. >>>> >>>>Suppose you would order for 50 million the fastest opteron cluster available by >>>>then. >>>> >>>>Let's assume $6000 a node using myrinet pci-x. >>>> >>>>each node dual chip opteron. >>>> >>>>by then of course 1 chip has 4 cores. >>> >>>1 node has 4 cores. >> >>Or 1 node will have N chips, each of which will probably have 2-4 cores >>depending on whether AMD delivers a 4-core opteron by then. > >I count at 2 a cpu. > > Count at whatever you want. dual core is 2005. 2007 will almost certainly be quad-core... >>> >>>>4 processors * (50000k$/6k$) = 8333 nodes * 4 processors = 33333 processors. >>>> >>>>Right now 2.2Ghz single processor opteorn delivers 4 gflops. By then we have of >>>>course 0.065 at 4Ghz or so and delivering more a cycle. >>>> >>>>So 10 gflop is not unrealistic. 33333 * 10 gflop = 333333 gflop = 333 tflop. >>>> >>>>So just ordering 50 tflop for 50 million now they get ripped off. What they can >>>>deliver now for 50 million is of course not even close what they can deliver by >>>>then for 50 million. >>>> >>>>By the way IBM already is building a 1 pflop machine. >>>> >>>>>OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 12 (UPI) -- Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said >>>>>Wednesday the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will build the world's most powerful >>>>>supercomputer by 2007 >>>>>...... >>>>>The supercomputer will be housed in a new 170,000 square foot facility that >>>>>includes room for 400 staff members in 40,000 square feet of space. The machines >>>>>will run on 12 megawatts of power, which will be supplied by the Tennessee >>>>>Valley Authority.
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