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I confess to never having heard of a petaflop until this evening.
Essentially, a petaflop is a measurement of computer speed equal to one quadrillion computations per second.
Posted: 01/28/2026 at 08:15 PM ET
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I confess to never having heard of a petaflop until this evening.
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-- PhotoHokieNC
Jan 28, 2026 at 08:15 PM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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01/28/26 08:15 PM ET
My dog does that about 9:30 every night **
-- Happy Dog
Jan 29, 2026 at 04:56 AM ET
Happy Dog
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01/29/26 04:56 AM ET
That checks out with your user name **
-- fsghokie
Jan 29, 2026 at 08:17 AM ET
fsghokie
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01/29/26 08:17 AM ET
hmmm......i assumed it was related to a bellyflop.**
-- squarerootofone
Jan 28, 2026 at 09:23 PM ET
squarerootofone
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01/28/26 09:23 PM ET
You'd think they could come up with something with a better intuitive
-- Tombo
Jan 28, 2026 at 08:59 PM ET
Tombo
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01/28/26 08:59 PM ET
True, but it comes from Floating Points
-- PhotoHokieNC
Jan 29, 2026 at 07:08 AM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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01/29/26 07:08 AM ET
1 quadrillion = a million billion. Athena computes 20 quadrillion/second 🤯**
-- Hoakie82
Jan 28, 2026 at 08:54 PM ET
Hoakie82
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01/28/26 08:54 PM ET
This is Athena ...**
-- PhotoHokieNC
Jan 28, 2026 at 08:17 PM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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01/28/26 08:17 PM ET
NASA still can't build a computer smaller than a room.**
-- Spud
Jan 29, 2026 at 07:37 AM ET
Spud
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01/29/26 07:37 AM ET
They have more 'space'.**
-- PhotoHokieNC
Jan 29, 2026 at 08:14 AM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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01/29/26 08:14 AM ET