Re: Roadrunner Supercomputer using 12,960 CELL Processors Hits 1

On Jun 11, 3:36 pm, Cydrome Leader <prese...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I wonder what they really do with these computers.

Well, once there was a company in Milpitas, CA named Cydrome.
While they didn't make a super fast machine, they made a comparatively
fast machine for a short period of time.  They studied the market.

It's mostly long running sims, but there's the odd occsional Ask Marilyn
question which some one runs using a programmable calculator.


>> I find it unlikely they still don't know how nuclear weapons work,
>> especially considering they're mature technology and they've been
around
>> for decades.

Oh, you were the guy to ask that question.
It's not mature.

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Robert Myers  <rbmyersusa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Try these google searchs: ~simulation site:lanl.gov
>~simulation site:llnl.gov

That's 1 set of apps.

Those are merely the publically known/released examples.

>I get over 30000 page hits.  If you surf around and even ponder how to
>zero in on the nuclear weapons work, you will have your answer.

Excepting Cary's and Hanson's, and DOE funded sites, not much depth in
most.  You have to get on the classified network to see current problems.

>Question: We've discovered a warehouse full of Viet Nam-era artillery
>shells.  Should we just ****p them to a war zone, or count on them
>working in case of war?  I mean, we *do* know how artillery shells
>work, don't we?

You realize that about 10% will be duds.

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