Who can be the first to name this?

[vee_ess]

Okay, this isn't just any computer, this is a very important one, and so I am not makin this impossible.

I just want to see who will be the first one to be able to tell me what this is a picture of, specifically. This should be interesting. I'll give clues as time progresses.

[Keefe]

The phone system that controls 911 accross the US

[MIK3]

im either guessing some kinda of wafer conductive system??? maybe off of http://www.asm.com/index.asp?

[vee_ess]

Okay, so far, no.

First clue: This is a landmark in its industry. Sorta like the Grand Canyon, if ya know what I mean.

[Rogue]

bah, piss easy, its the earth computer... don't any of you read /. ?

if i had gotten here earlier i would of got it before the clue :P

[vee_ess]

:P

Rogue got it first so, CONGRATS!!!! and yeah...
Well, it isn't exactly right, so we'll see who's the first that gets it exact!

[Rogue]

bah :P

Earth Simulator by NEC :P

The Earth Simulator build by NEC is the new #1.
It has a record lead to the #2 of a factor of almost 5 in Linpack performance.
It equals the sum of the Linpack performance of the next 12 systems.
Only on the June 1999 TOP500 list did the sum of all 500 systems on the list exceed the performance level of the ES. Before this the aggregate performance of all 500 system was smaller then 30TF/s.

[vee_ess]

LOL

You win SPAM;D SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM (sorry no prize though)

Yeah, that is a sweet computer, with all of its processors.

each node with 8 vector processors (8 Gflop/s peak per processor), 2 ns cycle time, 16GB shared memory. Total of 5104 total processors, 40 TFlop/s peak, and 10 TB memory.
It has a single stage crossbar (1800 miles of cable) 83,000 copper cables, 16 GB/s cross section bandwidth.
700 TB disk space
1.6 PB mass store
Area of computer = 4 tennis courts, 3 floors

[MIK3]

now for modding that dull boring case...haha SPAM;D

[Omega]

Maybe (likely) I missed something, but what exactly does the "Earth Computer" do? Aka, what is its main function.