[mythtv-users] Re:Anyone got a line on a used Cray2?

[Jeff Clowser]

(looking on Cray's web site):  the Cray X1 does 2.9 terraflops with 256 
procs (and supposedly will grow to 4096 procs).  That should be enough, 
and you can probably heat your house with it  :)

 - Jeff

Harry Orenstein wrote:

>> From: Romel Llarena <rdllarena at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Re:Anyone got a line on a used Cray2?
>> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:37:34 -0800 (PST)
>>
>> Answering just for fun. I'm no supercomputer expert,
>> but a google of Cray 2 brought up the following:
>>
>> Achieved 1 Gigaflop of performance in 1985 with a peak
>> performance of 1.9.
>>
>> With that said, a Microsoft Xbox was measured at the 1
>> gigaflops in 2001.
>>
>> Apple X serve G4, 19 gigaflops!
>>
>> The performance curve is amazing, but we're always
>> coming up with stuff (MythTV & UHDTV) to eat it all
>> up.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>
> Guess I'm showing my age.  Haven't kept up on supercomputers
> since college.  I wonder if X3D Fritz is available now that its chess
> match is over...
>
>
> ;-)
>