back to article Future supers pop up on $636m cash wishlist to get exascale beasts prowling on US soil

The two new mystery exascale computing systems known only as Frontier and El Capitan popped up on a budget request last week. They are being developed by the US government and have been slated for deployment in 2022 and 2023. If American Congresspeople were to say yes to the budget, the DoE would get $636m towards current R&D …

  1. YourNameHere

    Cancelled program??

    Really, Intel cancelled a that didn't involve the x86 directly and someone is surprised!?!?. Name a program that does not directly impact x86 cores or chipsets that Intel gets into and then once people start to think it might be interesting, Intel cancels it. The standard flow at Intel is, if you don't own 80% of the market after 3 years, you're shut down. Screw the customers that are just starting to come on board.... This is even more obvious. It requires SW and working with customers on SW, a double reason to kill it. Some people are so destined to repeat the past over and over again and then act suprised...

  2. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
    Facepalm

    My poor caffeine-starved brain

    I clicked on this article first-thing this morning, before ingesting caffeine or engaging brain.

    Firstly I read "future supers pop up" - And immediately my thoughts were on some new scientific process to create superheroes.

    Then I read, "$636m cash wishlist to get exascale breasts" - and went through all kinds of mental gyrations.

    Before the sanity chip kicked in and I was able to parse the headline properly.

    Just how many Bulgarian airbags can one purchase for $636m anyway? And how large is an exascale one? Just how many flops can it peform?

    ...ah the wonders of the human mind...

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