SUPERCOMPUTERS

 

 

1.      Who invented the Cray Supercomputer? (First & last name please)

The Cray-1's architect was Seymour Cray, the chief engineer was Cray Research co-founder Lester Davis.

2.      In what year?

in 1976

3.      How many flops did the Cray 1 have?

10 billion

4.      When did the Cray 2 come out?

1985

5.      What is a Kilo Flops?    (A MegaFlops is a million flops)

a kilo flop is 1000 flops

6.      How much is a Gigaflops?

a gigaflop is 1000000000 flops

7.      How much is a teraflops?

a teraflop is 1000000000000 flops

8.      How much is a petaflops?

1000000000000000 flops

9.      What’s next in the flops pattern?

the flop pattern is always multiplied by the power of 3

10.  What is SETI

SETI  stands for search for extraterrestrial intelligence.  The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the collective name for a number of activities undertaken to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. SETI projects use scientific methods in this search.

11.  What is the fastest Supercomputer today Feb 11, 2011

The computer beat out second place finisher Titan by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. Titan, which is housed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, achieved 17.59 petaflops, while Tianhe-2 achieved 33.86 petaflops.