Comment Re:How is this different from Tera MTA ? (Score 2) 119
One of the major advantages of the TERA is that when a memory access operation stalls it can switch to a different thread which is not waiting for memory. This effectively eliminates memory bandwidth problems (a major problem with big supercomputers) as long as you can get enough threads going at one time.
SDSC has one which is the coolest looking computer in the bunch - blue and kinda wavy shaped. And we all know that that's what really matters most.
SDSC has one which is the coolest looking computer in the bunch - blue and kinda wavy shaped. And we all know that that's what really matters most.