Re: We're number 73

"Del  Cecchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Here is the edited press release.  If anyone wants one of their own, just
> let me know and bring your visa card...
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> NEW YORK (AP) -- It's only the size of a dishwasher, but it's crammed with
> 1,024 microprocessors, housed in an innovative slanted cabinet and can
> perform a whopping 2 trillion calculations per second, ranking it as one of
> the world's fastest supercomputers. But this computing wonder, being shown
> off Friday by IBM Corp., is only 1/128th of the finished product. When Blue
> Gene/L, as the supercomputer is known, is delivered to Lawrence Livermore
> National Laboratory just over a year from now, it will easily rank as the
> world's fastest supercomputer. Its 130,000 processors will be able to
> perform up to 360 trillion calculations per second, or 360 teraflops.
> ................
> 
> IBM revealed details of Blue Gene/L's design to coincide with the No. 73
> ranking the initial segment achieved on Dongarra's latest list. IBM contends
> that other machines of comparable power are 20 times bigger.
> 
> Among the breakthroughs: IBM used chips that combine several supercomputer
> functions. Designers also slanted the machine's walls 11 degrees to speed
> the entry of cool air and exit of hot air, slashing the supercomputer's need
> for electricity-sucking air conditioning.

Del,
Would you be so kind to explain how 2-way superscalar core like 440
can keep dual FPU busy? The only way I can think of is SIMD.