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Stryker - New US Army weapons supercomputer

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posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 05:31 AM
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The US army has commissioned a new supercomputer to simulate complex weapons systems. Once built, it will rank as one of the top 20 most powerful computers on the planet.

The computer, named Stryker, will be capable of a peak performance of 10 trillion mathematical calculations per second - 10 teraflops. It will also be the most powerful computer in the world use the Linux operating system, a free alternative to Microsoft and Unix software.

The $15 million supercomputer will be used to aid the development of advanced weapons systems, according to a statement issued by the US army.

The machine will be built at the Army Research Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center (ARL MSRC) in Maryland. It will contain 2304 AMD Opteron 2.2 GHz processors in 1186 separate systems, connected together using very high speed networking equipment.


www.newscientist.com...



posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 06:03 AM
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Originally posted by mad scientist
It will contain 2304 AMD Opteron 2.2 GHz processors in 1186 separate systems, connected together using very high speed networking equipment.



*drool on keyboard*

GIMME!!!!!



posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 06:19 AM
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Originally posted by Asclepius

Originally posted by mad scientist
It will contain 2304 AMD Opteron 2.2 GHz processors in 1186 separate systems, connected together using very high speed networking equipment.



*drool on keyboard*

GIMME!!!!!


I thought the new cell chip for the playstation 3 was the equivelant to 1 teraflop:

www.gamespot.com...

What is so special about a 10 teraflop computer?



posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 06:50 AM
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its special cause i dont have it. duh


it would be kool to have 1186 computers



posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 07:00 AM
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Originally posted by Asclepius
it would be kool to have 1186 computers


Cool?!?!
It would be amazing to have! think of the power
*drools*



posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 03:40 PM
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This would be a wee bit over kill for people with no use for it. Although it would be neat to have 60 or 70 windows open while burning 3 cd's and downloading about 30 songs all while editing photos. Yeah but it would still be overkill after all that.



posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 03:48 PM
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big boyz toyz... reckon they'll have 24hr call our for tech support on that? hehe....

"Thankyou, you have reached the STRYKER system support helpline. Your call is in a que and will be answered shortly.. please press the star key if system failure occurs during an international conflict... your call is important to us."







 
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