Stephen Hawking Gets First Unit of New Supercomputer

[gears]

New "Big Brain Computer" starts at only $30K, but can pack up to 4,096 cores, 64 TB of memory.

Renowned physics supergenius and University of Cambridge research director Stephen W. Hawking received the first unit of SGI's "Big Brain Computer".

...Featuring custom-designed server rack units, the server is powered by Intel Corp.'s (INTC) Xeon processor E5 line, but is also compatible with NVIDIA Corp.'s (NVDA) Quadro and Tesla cards for GPU computing.

SGI claims the UV2 has the world's biggest shared memory system of any supercomputer. It's scalable up to 4,096 cores and 64 terabytes of memory. The system has a ludicrous peak data rate of 4 terabytes per second. To put that in context, the entire contents of the U.S. Library of Congress only occupy 10 terabytes of space.

http://www.dailytech.com/Stephen+Haw...ticle24941.htm

[Petrolmania]

So, it should run GT legends okay then?

Den.

[frapp]

Best response ever!!!

[SwiftyOne]

The way technology is moving, he'll be looking to upgrade in six months

[The Driver]

why he needs that kinda of computer???

wasn't hawking the smartest guy in the world or something.. ??

[kennyken]

Maybe for complex calculations that require heavy cpu load or something

[The Driver]

Originally Posted by kennyken

Maybe for complex calculations that require heavy cpu load or something

...how is 4000 cores required for calculations?
confusing.

[Pizzaman]

Well it still can't put any letters in unless you use the keyboard, can it?
Therefore, it is not smarter than a human.

BTW rightfully so Stephen Hawking should get first one.
I'd be laughing if he manages to get it 'burnt out and smoking'.
Just imagining that gives me a chuckle.

[Petrolmania]

Originally Posted by The Driver

why he needs that kinda of computer???

To do his Income Tax returns with. Figuring out those bloody forms!

Den.