Something to aim for - ExaFLOPS!

[Ivoshiee]

http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/re ... aflop.html
via
http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/22/040239.shtml

[él Mero]

With this ridiculous acceleration of technology that we have it wont be long before this goal is reached too. But when? It's no longer a matter of if, but when.

[butc8]

ExaFLOPS are nothing, now yottaFLOPS is something to aim for haha. 1yottaflops= 1BILLION PETAFLOPS

[butc8]

finite amount of data in the entire universe.

There is, a googolplex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex, there is not enough space in the UNIVERSE to write that number in decimal notation.
Thats a lotta zeros!!!

[John Naylor]

finite amount of data in the entire universe.

There is, a googolplex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex, there is not enough space in the UNIVERSE to write that number in decimal notation.
Thats a lotta zeros!!!

So would that be a googolplexbyte?

and as for writing it, a googolplex is
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

[butc8]

finite amount of data in the entire universe.

There is, a googolplex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex, there is not enough space in the UNIVERSE to write that number in decimal notation.
Thats a lotta zeros!!!

So would that be a googolplexbyte?

and as for writing it, a googolplex is
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

No, what you got there is a googol(10^100), a googolplex is 10^(10^100)

[John Naylor]

and as for writing it, a googolplex is
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

No, what you got there is a googol(10^100), a googolplex is 10^(10^100)

Ok so 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
It only adds one zero lol

[bruce]

and as for writing it, a googolplex is
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

No, what you got there is a googol(10^100), a googolplex is 10^(10^100)

Ok so 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
It only adds one zero lol

No, you don't understand. 10^100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 has a googol digits -- a googol zeros after the 1.

[John Naylor]

No, you don't understand. 10^100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 has a googol digits -- a googol zeros after the 1.

Oh bugger. yes... my apologies. For no apprent reason in my head I had substituted the sign for indices with a multiply symbol... god knows why

[butc8]

At roughly its current pace 1.5petaflops(1.5x10^15) Ive calculated that it would take FAH about 21 years to reach 1yottaflop(1x10^24).

[butc8]

21 Years? Is there no way to speed it up???

Thats why there are so many clients for so many platforms, but a yottaflop is still a good few years from happening even with Moores law.I dont think anyones planning to hit a yottaflop.

[Ivoshiee]

21 Years? Is there no way to speed it up???

Thats why there are so many clients for so many platforms, but a yottaflop is still a good few years from happening even with Moores law.I dont think anyones planning to hit a yottaflop.

We should be more practical and take the ExaPLOPS first.