how to make a supercomputer

Dave_nayu · Jul 22, 2014

DOes anybody know ... how to make a supercomputer or to assemble a simple computer to a S.C ....!!!! >???

ahnilated · Jul 22, 2014

You can talk to IBM or Cray and they could tell you how to build one.

rgd1101 · Jul 22, 2014

how much you got?

k1114 · Jul 22, 2014

A supercomputer is just a network of pcs.

kanewolf · Jul 22, 2014

It depends on the definition of supercomputer. A 2U pizza box server with a K40 GPUs and some 10GE networking would be a good start. Then you build a cluster of those pizza boxes with sufficient I/O bandwidth and control software to keep work going to those nodes and supply data to each node.

Here is another interpretation that requires significantly less $$$ -- http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/13/supercomputer-built-from-raspberry-pi-and-lego/

Give us YOUR definition of a supercomputer -- GPUs are included in most supercomputers in the top 500 any more.

mbreslin1954 · Jul 22, 2014

Supercomputers used to be defined as vector processors. They were SIMD (single instruction, multiple data). Effectively they were vector processors that could multiply arrays of numbers, essentially do matrix algebra. Modern video processors on graphic cards are pretty close to what a Cray from the 1990s used to be. I've lost contact with the field over the last 15 years so I'm sure I'm not up to speed on the subject anymore. Just my 2 cents.

k1114 · Jul 22, 2014

I guess I shouldn't really say pcs since there are other types that are not pcs. It's much more purpose built nowadays.

Guest · Jul 22, 2014

Step 1: Build a regular computer.

Step 2: Put a red cape on it.

Step 3 (Optional): Give it a really cool name. Like Death.....beast. Yeah, Deathbeast. Awesome.

Edit: Step 3.5: Marvel makes a movie of it.

bmacsys · Jul 22, 2014

Dave_nayu :

Do you have a warehouse with some serious air conditioning and your own electrical substation just for starters?

Iron124 · Jul 22, 2014

Okay, that was kinda funny.

Anyway, I think OP might not quite understand the definition of a "supercomputer" is, and just what qualifies as one. You can buy the biggest tower you can find and put in $10,000 worth of components, but it probably still won't be "supercomputer" standards. A supercomputer today is hundreds of individual units linked together on a network, capable of working in unison. No individual system could compete with that...

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