Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Nathan Pimental
Indeed, t'would be... Tell us on your progress in this investigation... On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Jason Riedy wrote: > And Prentice Bisbal writes: > > Although China has what is far and away the most powerful > > *unclassified* supercomputer on the planet > > Would be interesting to know

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Jason Riedy
And Prentice Bisbal writes: > Although China has what is far and away the most powerful > *unclassified* supercomputer on the planet Would be interesting to know how much of these machines are actually powered-on / available for use... ahem. ___ Beowulf

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Fabricio Cannini
On 17-07-2015 16:09, Xingqiu Yuan wrote: well, this is always not bad for the world to have one more choice. I would like to be more optimum in the future HPC market with cheaper product ... Brazil being far from a technology powerhouse, I'm all for it. ;) _

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Kilian Cavalotti
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Nathan Pimental wrote: > What are we guessing is the most powerful classified cluster, and what type > of cluster do we all think it is? I'd ask where we all think it is, but I > think all of us Americans know that... Those 2 seem already good candidates, althoug

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Nathan Pimental
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Prentice Bisbal < prentice.bis...@rutgers.edu> wrote: > Although China has what is far and away the most powerful supercomputer on >> the planet >> > > Ahem > > Although China has what is far and away the most powerful *unclassified* > supercomputer on the planet

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Xingqiu Yuan
well, this is always not bad for the world to have one more choice. I would like to be more optimum in the future HPC market with cheaper product ... On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Fabricio Cannini wrote: > On 17-07-2015 09:44, Scott Atchley wrote: > >> They will use a homegrown GPDSP (general

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Fabricio Cannini
On 17-07-2015 09:44, Scott Atchley wrote: They will use a homegrown GPDSP (general purpose DSP) accelerator in lieu of the Intel Knights Landing accelerators: http://www.theplatform.net/2015/07/15/china-intercepts-u-s-intel-restrictions-with-homegrown-supercomputer-chips/ Also, hints about thei

Re: [Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Prentice Bisbal
Although China has what is far and away the most powerful supercomputer on the planet Ahem Although China has what is far and away the most powerful *unclassified* supercomputer on the planet FTFY ;) Prentice On 07/17/2015 08:44 AM, Scott Atchley wrote: They will use a homegrown GPDSP (gen

[Beowulf] China aims for 100 PF

2015-07-17 Thread Scott Atchley
They will use a homegrown GPDSP (general purpose DSP) accelerator in lieu of the Intel Knights Landing accelerators: http://www.theplatform.net/2015/07/15/china-intercepts-u-s-intel-restrictions-with-homegrown-supercomputer-chips/ Also, hints about their interconnect and file system upgrades. Sc