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Glenn Cole <[log in to unmask]>
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Glenn Cole <[log in to unmask]>
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Here's a pop quiz:

   What computer takes up two basketball courts worth of floor space
   and weighs 106 tons?

ENIAC?  Nope -- not big enough. (!)
Here's another piece of the puzzle:

   It contains 8,192 CPUs, 6.2 *tera*bytes of memory, and
   160 terabytes of disk space.

That should narrow down the choices. ;)

The machine is from IBM.  It's called "ASCI White," and has been clocked
at 12.3 teraflops.

More details are available on NEWS.COM, at

   http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2167700.html

--Glenn

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