(Related) Other supercomputing news..

Brian Dobbins brian@pentane.eng.yale.edu
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:47:46 -0400


>   CNN has an article I just caught about a 'hypercomputer', boasting power
> about 60,000 times that of a 350MHz Pentium.  Sounds ridiculous,
> especially for $1000, but hey, it's on CNN, it -can't- be wrong.. right?!

 This is what I get for not reading a bit further; the article clarifies
that the $1000 'PC' chip is not the one boasting the 60,000x speed-up.

  My apologies for being a fool.  :)
  Still, interesting...