Whats the average computing power
Anonymous
16 Mar 2007 17:05:53 UTC
Topic 13539
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If E@H were a supercomputer, it would be at 4th place on the top 500 supercomputers list!
Actually E@H would be higher in the rankings, because the number on the server status page is averaged over 24/7 of a week, whereas what's listed in the Top500 is rather peak performance. I've not digged the DB for potential peak performance for a long time, it should be something between 50 and 100 % more.
On the other hand, the fact that we are using volunteers computers and don't have any control about the client machines forces us to make redundant calculations, so the results we get on Einstein@Home could (theoretically) be achieved with a supercomputer with half the power.
Again, on the other hand, Einstein@Home costs only a fraction of a Supercomputer (and is much more fun, too).
BM