[Year 12 IT Apps] Teraflop GPU

[Mark Kelly]

http://www.hpcwire.com/specialfeatures/isc/features/NVIDIA_Unveils_Teraflop_GPU_Computing.html

A 240-core Nvidia GPU can beat 1000 gigaflop.

In 2005, it could do 169 gigaflop.

Compare this with:

A Pentium 4 (3.8Ghz) - 15 Gflop
A 1989 Cray 3 supercomputer - 5 Gflop

I might need to sit down for a bit...

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Mark Kelly
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