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2007-08-31 China-Japan-Koreas

Chicoms say they need IBM supercomputer for Olympics weather forecasts

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2007-08-31 12:48|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Lenin always said we'd sell him the rope...

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-31 13:48|| 2007-08-31 13:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Remind me again - when did AlGore and the Clintons get on the IBM board?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-08-31 14:44|| 2007-08-31 14:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's examine what other applications such powerful supercomputing machines can be used for:

1.) Simulation of nuclear explosions

2.) Space vehicle design

3.) Nuclear weapons aging test and verification

4.) Encryption and decryption including code-breaking

5.) Missile trajectory and incoming track analysis

6.) Design of genetically engineered biochemical compounds

7.) Virtual reality combat training environments

8.) Ultra-complex integrated circuit design and simulation

9.) Emulation of advanced software designs like massively-parallel systems

10.) High speed DSP (Digital Signal Processing) for anti-jamming defeats

11.) Broadband surveillance of telecom traffic

12.) Interception and analysis of high speed military satellite downlinks

Those are just one dozen that I can think of off the top of my head. For the nonce, we'll ignore how global weather prediction represents a crucial tool in wartime strategy calculations. Every single one of those listed applications would represent a tremendous advance in military capability for the PLA.

IBM should be admonished with respect to its greed and disregard for national security in supporting what amounts to the transfer of a vital technology to China. You could bet any amount of money that one of the CPU modules would mysteriously "break" and need replacement within weeks of the installation. That module would not be returned to IBM and be subjected to reverse engineering by the Chinese. This would serve as the basis for a quantum leap in their machine design abilities and save China decades of industrial R&D worth several billion dollars.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-31 16:20|| 2007-08-31 16:20|| Front Page Top

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