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Indeed. I find it interesting to look at the generational outliers on that curve: The Cray-1 wasn’t eclipsed in raw FP compute by a consumer system until the Pe
by twoodfin 2y ago
Indeed. I find it interesting to look at the generational outliers on that curve: The Cray-1 wasn’t eclipsed in raw FP compute by a consumer system until the Pentium more than 15 years later.
http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/Cray%201%20Supercomputer%20Performance%20Comparisons%20With%20Home%20Computers%20Phones%20and%20Tablets.htm http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/Cray%201%20Supercomputer%20P...
- btilly 2y agoMost of the outliers look like, "Someone was willing to spend large amounts of money." Another outlier was Deep Blue. Estimated cost of about $10 million. Its estimated strength was matched by top end PCs about 9 years later. Your phone today is better than those PCs. Progress is relentless.