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<blockquote data-quote="Murlyn" data-source="post: 12316" data-attributes="member: 184"><p><strong>G5 supercomputer expected to be ranked 4th in world</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMinute" target="_blank"><span style="color: #CC0000">MacMinute.com</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2003/10/21/virginia-tech-supercomputer-ranks-4/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #CC0000"><strong>G5 supercomputer expected to be ranked 4th in world</strong></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: gray">October 22, 2003 - 11:20 EDT</span></span> Virginia Tech's new supercomputer cluster, built from 1,100 Power Mac G5s, could be ranked fourth in the world, according to Jack Dongarra, a University of Tennessee computer scientist who maintains the list of the world's 500 fastest machines. "The official results for the ranking will not be reported until next month at a supercomputer industry event," the <em>New York Times</em> reports. "But the Apple-based supercomputer, which is powered by 2,200 IBM microprocessors, was able to compute at 7.41 trillion operations a second, a speed surpassed by only three other ultra-fast computers." Officials at Virginia Tech said they were still finalizing results and that the final speed number might be significantly higher.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>My Comments:</strong> Well top 4 is still really kewl <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Now how come we didnt find this out first? Huh hokiethang? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murlyn, post: 12316, member: 184"] [B]G5 supercomputer expected to be ranked 4th in world Source: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMinute'][COLOR=#CC0000]MacMinute.com[/COLOR][/URL][/B] [URL='https://www.macrumors.com/2003/10/21/virginia-tech-supercomputer-ranks-4/'][COLOR=#CC0000][B]G5 supercomputer expected to be ranked 4th in world[/B][/COLOR][/URL] [SIZE=1][COLOR=gray]October 22, 2003 - 11:20 EDT[/COLOR][/SIZE] Virginia Tech's new supercomputer cluster, built from 1,100 Power Mac G5s, could be ranked fourth in the world, according to Jack Dongarra, a University of Tennessee computer scientist who maintains the list of the world's 500 fastest machines. "The official results for the ranking will not be reported until next month at a supercomputer industry event," the [I]New York Times[/I] reports. "But the Apple-based supercomputer, which is powered by 2,200 IBM microprocessors, was able to compute at 7.41 trillion operations a second, a speed surpassed by only three other ultra-fast computers." Officials at Virginia Tech said they were still finalizing results and that the final speed number might be significantly higher. [I][B]My Comments:[/B] Well top 4 is still really kewl :) Now how come we didnt find this out first? Huh hokiethang? :)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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