Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A measure of computing speed equal to one quadrillion floating-point operations per second.
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- noun Plural form of
petaflop .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A petaflops is a quadrillion floating point operations per second.
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IBM has announced a new chip that could help a supercomputer achieve 10 petaflops, which is calculating power tantamount to the speeds Nature uses to form bubbles in sea foam and keep planets in orbit.
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IBM has announced a new chip that could help a supercomputer achieve 10 petaflops, which is calculating power tantamount to the speeds Nature uses to form bubbles in sea foam and keep planets in orbit.
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IBM has announced a new chip that could help a supercomputer achieve 10 petaflops, which is calculating power tantamount to the speeds Nature uses to form bubbles in sea foam and keep planets in orbit.
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The next-generation Internet will allow "petaflops" (1015 floating-point operations per second) of real-time computational power to be deployed to virtually any point on the earth.
In The Days 2009
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This fall, the Chinese National University of Defense Technology announced that it had created the world's fastest supercomputer, Tianhe-1A, which clocks in at 2.5 petaflops or 2,500 trillion operations per second.
How Videogames Are Changing the Economy Andy Kessler 2011
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But Nvidia says the new system in Tianjin — which is being formally announced Thursday at an event in China — was able to reach 2.5 petaflops.
Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S. Don Clark 2010
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It ranked as the third-fastest supercomputer in June, with speeds of 1.75 petaflops per second.
U.S. Plans Supercomputer Push Shara Tibken 2011
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Results are frequently expressed in "petaflops," indicating that a quadrillion floating-point operations—a type of scientific calculation—are completed each second.
Cray to Take On Supercomputer After IBM's Exit Don Clark 2011
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Analysts expect the Oak Ridge system, expected to be upgraded by the end of 2012, may top the list with peak performance of 10 to 20 petaflops.
Cray to Take On Supercomputer After IBM's Exit Don Clark 2011
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