Supercomputer performs 1,000 trillion calculations a second


	Supercomputer performs 1,000 trillion calculations a second

arifsali

6-9-2008 5:07 PM

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6-9-2008 8:33 PM

Kauaiguy

It's nice to know that our most powerful computers are put to such uses as are meant to send the people who would use them to hell.

6-10-2008 4:21 AM

Yassin_M

It is a US$ 100 million WAR MACHINE !!!!

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