Speed of Pacific Blue supercomputer relative to desktop PC:
About 15,000 times faster
Because, amongst other reasons, it has:
5,856 processors, 2.6 terabytes of RAM and 75 terabytes of disk storage
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Size and weight of this heavyweight:
8,000 square feet and 105,000 pounds
Other vital statistics:
Over four miles of cable and consuming 3,900 watts of power
And the price: A $94 million contract was signed in 1996
Source: Reuter