[geeks] New Cray?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 01:28:07PM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
>> Bleh!  Bleeeeeah!!  BLEEEEEEAH!!!
> 
> Using MIPS (Meaningless Indicator or Processing Speed), each core
> is probably faster than anything Cray produced, (back when Seymour was 
> alive),
> any VAX, and so on.

But this is not coming out when those did.  It's a matter of timing.  A 
computer the same speed as a Cray-1 is not a supercomputer if it is 
first released today.

> IMHO they'll sell a lot of them. Probably too many to people who think
> that having a Cray under their desk makes them a scientist. :-(
> 
> Ok, for a really important question, how fast can one rip a Blue Ray disk?
> :-)

I doubt it'll be any different from any other PC, just because the 
limiting factor is going to be the disk I/O.

Peace...  Sridhar