Chinese Supercomputer Headed To Top Ranks

KingFishKingFish
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
A Chinese supercomputer, the Dawning 4000A, is expected to rank high on an upcoming list of the fastest machines, underscoring geopolitical effects of a new approach to high-performance computing.
Dawning Information Industry, a Chinese company that makes everything from PCs to supercomputers, is building the system for Chinese research institutes and corporations. The machine, with more than 2,000 of Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processors, likely will rank high on the latest list of the 500 fastest computers, due June 22.
Source: ZDNet

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    Thats nothing compared to the Cray computer with 12k Opteron CPUs.
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