Comment on What are super-computers used for ?

notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• yeni@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The most high-end AMD CPU can’t do that ?

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A supercomputer is not one computer. Its a big building filled from floor to ceiling with computers that work together. It wouldnt have 16 cores, it would be more like thousands of cores all acting as one big computer towards a single computational task.

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  • notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh noooh. The number of permutations needed is mind-boggling, bigger than the shoe collection of Imelda Marcos.

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