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petaFLOPS

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petaFLOPS

(PETA FLoating point OPerations per Second) One quadrillion floating point operations per second. See FLOPS and Roadrunner.


(unit)petaflops - 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. No computer has achieved this performance yet.


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The next logical step is petaFLOPS computing, a level of performance at least 10,000 times greater than the fastest of today's machines.
As x86 scales from palmtops to petaFLOPS, modular processor designs leveraging both CPU and GPU compute capabilities will be essential in meeting the requirements of computing in 2008 and beyond.
This system, currently code-named 'Baker,' is designed to deliver peak performance of one petaflops, making it roughly three times faster than any existing computer in the world.
 
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