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> The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is in China. So given Moore's Law, by the time it's finished in 2025, it
by bjacobel 11y ago
> The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is in China.
So given Moore's Law, by the time it's finished in 2025, it will be 50 times slower than 2025's fastest?
Yes, yes, Moore's Law is slowing, transistors on a chip =/= flops, etc. Still seems like they'd want to aim higher than 20x in 10 years.
- unfamiliar 11y agoYou're assuming the goal is to build the fastest supercomputer in the world. I think the goal is probably closer to "get the computing resources we need at the lowest cost".
- mathetic 11y agoWell, the title literally says "world's fastest computer."
- _delirium 11y agoProbably fluff added by the headline writer to sound more exciting. The White House press release doesn't make world's-fastest claims: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/07/29/advancing-us-leadership-high-performance-computing https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/07/29/advancing-us-lead...