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Russia Boasts Compact Deploy-Anywhere Supercomputer
Russia’s Ruselectronics Group, part of the state-owned Rostec corporation, has purportedly developed a compact “supercomputer” for defense applications with 2.2 peak petaflops of computing power, matched by 2.2 petabytes of data storage.
Announced by the Rostec press service today (Nov. 23), the 1.9 x 1.35 x 1 (m) compute module is said to provide record capacity for the space industry as well as the defense and industrial complex, using 40 percent less electricity than comparable solutions.
The system relies on immersive liquid cooling modules that enable container-based computing outside the traditionally equipped datacenter. This cooling system features a low noise level, dust and moisture protection, and is fire-safe, Rostec added.
(Score: 4, Funny) by requerdanos on Saturday November 24 2018, @10:16PM (13 children)
"This computer," boasted a Rostec spokesperson, "has more power than computer that guided American astronauts to moon and back."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @10:46PM (4 children)
Features 2.2 sliderules. America only had one. Welcome to drop off a sample model - for testing of course - at my location. Would be a slight upgrade for my current laptop.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 25 2018, @12:29AM (3 children)
For that era, it was pretty sophisticated - but you knew that already. I don't know the history, not about to research it, but it was about 1972 before I got my hands on a scientific calculator. I had seen a couple, starting about 1970 I guess. But they were prohibitively expensive for a school boy, so I relied on my slide rule. Walked into a store one day, and saw a Texas Instruments scientific calculator for about $25. Remember, those were 1970's dollars. I counted my money, and I didn't have enough. I spent that week scavenging every penny I could, then returned to buy my calculator. It was beyond awesome. Memory tells me that it was a TI-thirty-something, but a search of the web only finds a TI-30, which wasn't released until 1976. Ehhhh - whatever, I had a scientific calculator for my final two years of high school, so I think wikipedia is wrong on the release date.
I suspect that calculator had more computing power than the Apollo AGC's. We were still a decade away from the cheap 8086 computers, though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @02:51AM
Cool story bro.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @05:50PM
Interesting series on youtube. A rebuild and restoration of an original AGC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29 2018, @12:26AM
I used to write ballistics simulations to run on the TI-58 to amuse myself when I was a kid.
No display; the program just used to print out the numbers for each iteration until the ballistic object struck its target.
I was 17 or 18 years old. Really, I belonged in the military. It would have been an entirely different story if I had. But that is another story.
~childo
(Score: 2) by Username on Saturday November 24 2018, @11:38PM (5 children)
Just think, navigating to the moon and back with 1mhz, 2k memory, 32k storage computer. Today we can barely run a calculator on a 1ghz, 8gb ram, 64gb storage phone. The sheer amount of programming bloat and overhead to achieve this feat.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday November 25 2018, @12:46AM (3 children)
Try watching text-mode porn.
Or don't. Because I'm sure at least one sick motherfucker here actually gets off to that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @01:37AM (1 child)
That's pretty stupid. You must have eaten paint chips when you were a child.
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Sunday November 25 2018, @01:11PM
Oh there he is! Triggered over his taste in porn. I guess Eth was right.
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 3, Informative) by hendrikboom on Monday November 26 2018, @03:37PM
There exists an X server that displays as ASCII text, using a grey-scale in the traditional ASCII-art style. It can even handle animation, so you can watch porn movies as ASCII text.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @01:39AM
Yes, please add up the electricity wasted due to this.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @12:06AM
Hell, my 4 year old cell phone has more computing power than that. When I read the headline I was thinking "Oh God they can now spread their bot-net all over the globe and spam post every discussion group and social site."
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Sunday November 25 2018, @01:09PM
Hilarious. My two year old smartphone can make that boast as well.
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.