NEC has upped the high-performance computer ante, launching today what it called the world’s most powerful vector supercomputer. The company said the SX-8 has a peak processing performance of 65 teraflops. That speed, however, which would require 512 nodes running together, has not yet been tested. IBM’s Blue Gene scalar supercomputer reached speeds of 36.01 teraflops last month.
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NEC Nips IBM in Supercomputer Race
Posted by: Susan B. Shor October 21, 2004 12:30 PMNEC has upped the high-performance computer ante, launching today what it called the world’s most powerful vector supercomputer. The company said the SX-8 has a peak processing performance of 65 teraflops. That speed, however, which would require 512 nodes running together, has not yet been tested. IBM’s Blue Gene scalar supercomputer reached speeds of 36.01 teraflops last month.