The last time the world got so excited about supercomputers was in 1996 when a machine built by Intel and Sandia National Labs called ASCI Red breached the 1 teraflop level. Teraflops, are so 20th century for now we are all getting jazzed up about IBM’s $100 million Roadrunner computer that recently broke the petaflop barrier to become the fastest supercomputer … ever.
Supercomputers: Now Less Super, More Computer
June 17, 2008