3rd July 2016
No need for supercomputers: Russian scientists suggest a PC to solve complex quantum mechanics problems tens of times faster than with massive supercomputers (sciencedaily.com).
“Senior researchers Vladimir Pomerantcev and Olga Rubtsova, working under the guidance of Professor Vladimir Kukulin (SINP MSU), were able to use on an ordinary desktop PC with GPU to solve complicated integral equations of quantum mechanics—previously solved only with the powerful, expensive supercomputers. According to Vladimir Kukulin, the personal computer does the job much faster: in 15 minutes it is doing the work requiring normally 2-3 days of the supercomputer time.”
And at mere fraction of the cost replaced seemigly each year with exponential performance indicative of Moore’s law (Wikipedia) proof that the new electronics “disposeable age” backs the PC for similar reasons it won the PC vs MAC/quantity vs quality battle now being repeated with Android that finally turned Apple into making branded quality carriable tablets, pods and phones and away from it’s traditional base in graphics and video production? (Oct. 2011).
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