Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024 (www.newscientist.com)
from boem@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 07:16
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Dizzirron@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 08:10 next collapse

Perhaps just a bit of simulation theory disclosure.

BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works on 29 Dec 2023 08:19 next collapse

“Europe is planning”, not a company, not a national agency nor an EU agency, but the whole of Europe? How does that work? I mean we’re pretty much at war, but Russia and Belarus is in on it? How much are Andorra, Monaco, and The Sovereign Order of St. John contributing? What about Overseas France? Do all 13 territories kick in, or is it only the ones that are part of the EU?

Also isn’t a new super computer record set several times each year?

themurphy@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 08:25 next collapse

Dude, do you think every time something happens in the US, that all states are in on it?

“The US plans to be the biggest exporter of silicon in 2030”. Do you read that the same way?

alpha_dog@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 08:36 next collapse

The US is a country. Europe isn’t.

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 08:51 collapse

The US is 50 countries in a trenchcoat really, some of which would go to war with eachother outside the coat.

exu@feditown.com on 29 Dec 2023 11:28 collapse

Then Europe is a bunch of countries wearing a bikini and lots of accessories. There’s no one part that covers all of it, some accessories strongly clash with each other and you have random bracelets everywhere.

wewbull@feddit.uk on 29 Dec 2023 13:58 collapse

There’s no one part that covers all of it,

So the EU parliament isn’t a thing then?

Fedop@slrpnk.net on 29 Dec 2023 14:52 next collapse

A lot of European countries aren’t in the EU. Turkey, the UK, Norway and a bunch more.

exu@feditown.com on 29 Dec 2023 17:35 collapse

The EU doesn’t include a bunch of countries on the continent of Europe

wewbull@feddit.uk on 29 Dec 2023 19:17 collapse

A pedantic point. Europe has become a synonym for EU in journalism.

It’s an EU strategy.

alpha_dog@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 19:56 collapse

What makes you think it’s some form of nefarious strategy and not simply lazy journalism?

wewbull@feddit.uk on 01 Jan 2024 19:25 collapse

I didn’t mean “GET THE TIN FOIL! IT’S AN EU CONSPIRICY”. I meant “The article is discussing an EU development programme”.

BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works on 29 Dec 2023 08:37 next collapse

“The US plans to be the biggest exporter of silicon in 2030”.

At least you boiled it down to a single country, with national agencies and a government that makes strategies. Like a strategy to be the biggest exporter of silicon, which can result in laws and regulations encouraging silicon exports.

But a whole continent building a super computer? That’s just a bad title. And reading the linked article doesn’t give you any additional information, without signing up for a newsletter?!?

wewbull@feddit.uk on 29 Dec 2023 13:56 collapse

Europe has government and agencies on the European scale. They often make strategies and fund initiative like this with European government funds. They might also influence European legislation to encourage things.

BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works on 29 Dec 2023 14:21 collapse

Europe has government and agencies on the European scale.

Since when? AFAIK there’s a European Union and then there’s Europe the continent. Lots of countries in Europe are not part of the union, and given the suffix of your instance you should be aware of this.

themurphy@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 16:37 next collapse

This is true, I was wrong. My bad.

wewbull@feddit.uk on 29 Dec 2023 19:24 collapse

I’m very aware that the EU doesn’t encompass all countries in Europe, but when reading a story where they ascribe a action to the continent I read the word Europe as a synonym for EU. It’s fairly common, especially in an American magazine.

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee on 29 Dec 2023 09:38 collapse

More like ‘North America plans to be the biggest exporter of silicon in 2030.’

affiliate@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 13:49 next collapse

oh, you didnt hear? yeah all of us europeans got together and unanimously decided we might give the US a run for their money

TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 14:22 next collapse

Did you guys just bake a really long bagette and invite everyone over to discuss the proposal?

EarMaster@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 17:38 collapse

Every 3.171 years all EU citizens get together on a field near Gelnhausen in Germany and discuss current projects. Everyone brings snacks and drinks and all tasks are distributed evenly.

Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml on 29 Dec 2023 15:10 next collapse

Can’t even read the article and find out because it’s paywalled.

Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml on 29 Dec 2023 15:12 next collapse

European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). 26/27 EU members participating. and some non EU members…

Cocodapuf@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2023 11:53 next collapse

Plus, this would still only be the fastest supercomputer that the public knows about… There are others, but security agencies don’t share stats on them.

thefartographer@lemm.ee on 29 Dec 2023 09:01 next collapse

Yeah, I heard y’all are gonna do some sort of European Hands Across America where you’re gonna collectively yeet one computer straight up towards the sun. Its airtime will tell you how fast it went. Anything more than 9 seconds is a Super Computer. More than 13 seconds is a Super Duper Computer.

My cousin told me that one kid at his school back in 2009 did their own computer throw at home that stayed in the air for 5 seconds and that’s when entire companies were only getting 3.4 seconds max.

vsh@lemm.ee on 29 Dec 2023 11:13 collapse

Any article mentioning “Europe” is almost always 99% about Germany.

And to be honest, I don’t think they need that supercomputer. We have plenty of them worldwide.

Jakdracula@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2023 12:30 next collapse

How fast? Like, run a 100 meter dash in 2 seconds fast?

bionicjoey@lemmy.ca on 29 Dec 2023 17:02 collapse

Supercomputer The Hedgehog

mindlight@lemm.ee on 29 Dec 2023 10:57 collapse

For anyone wanting to read more: https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/index_en