IBM regains supercomputer crown

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...E15306,00.html

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The system was clocked at 70.72 trillion calculations per second, almost double the performance of the reigning leader - Japan's Earth Simulator, which can sustain 35.86 trillion calculations a second.

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Blue Gene/L will consume about $US1 million ($1.3 million) a year in electricity. If the Earth Simulator were as powerful, it would consume $US60 million each year for electricity, Mr Turek said

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Damn!