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> The last 3 chinese super computers have used home grown FeiTeng RISC processors which were binary compatible to Itanium, but for new models their using OpenSP
by pantalaimon 9y ago
> The last 3 chinese super computers have used home grown FeiTeng RISC processors which were binary compatible to Itanium, but for new models their using OpenSPARC.
Where did you get that information?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SW26010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SW26010 doesn't claim any of that.
- bri3d 9y agoChina's newest supercomputers are based on Sunway like you linked, but newer FeiTeng models (post-Itanium) were indeed OpenSPARC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeiTeng_(processor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeiTeng_(processor)
- gnufx 9y agoI don't understand what the SPARC "front end" actually is, but the Tianhe-2 Top 500 figure comes from Intel processors <https://www.top500.org/system/177999> https://www.top500.org/system/177999>.