[Beowulf] Exascale by the end of the year?

Ellis H. Wilson III ellis at cse.psu.edu
Fri Feb 28 10:42:45 PST 2014


On 02/28/2014 12:49 PM, Douglas Eadline wrote:
>
> If you have some time, have a listen to this prodcast from
> HPC Wire where Nicole Hemsoth interviews some guy who claims
> he will have an exascale system by the end of the year, using 1000 MW
> of fuel cells and funding of $50 billion from the foreign currency
> arbitrage industry. And let's not forget the Exabyte of storage for good
> measure.
>
> "Meet the Man Who Says He’s Building the First Exascale System…in 2014"
>
> http://www.hpcwire.com/soundbite/meet-man-building-2014-exascale-computer/
>
> Well at least somebody going to sell a lot of kit.

Where can we place our bets?

ellis

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