http://insidehpc.com/2010/06/03/bull-sells-into-uk-nuke-agency/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://insidehpc.com/2010/06/03/bull-sells-into-uk-nuke-agency/#comment-231231 John West Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:57:40 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=11929#comment-231231 You shouldn't construct your view of what supercomputers are used for from one or two press releases; the total capacity dedicated to weapons programs is small relative to all other uses, including climate change but also including drug design, crash test safety, logistics management, and environmental remediation. Although I will point out that that computational capability you are complaining about being used for stockpile management prevents nations from having to conduct live tests: not firing off a nuke is just about as green a use as there is. You shouldn’t construct your view of what supercomputers are used for from one or two press releases; the total capacity dedicated to weapons programs is small relative to all other uses, including climate change but also including drug design, crash test safety, logistics management, and environmental remediation. Although I will point out that that computational capability you are complaining about being used for stockpile management prevents nations from having to conduct live tests: not firing off a nuke is just about as green a use as there is.

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2010/06/03/bull-sells-into-uk-nuke-agency/#comment-230890 Michael Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:39:41 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=11929#comment-230890 Shame all that computing capacity is being used to design weapons of mass destruction rather than do something which might perform a benefit to humanity, such as modelling climate change impacts. Shame all that computing capacity is being used to design weapons of mass destruction rather than do something which might perform a benefit to humanity, such as modelling climate change impacts.

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