Current network hashrate is 103915 teraflop/s while a single super computer is able to make 8.2 petaflop/s.
Its a very impressive machine, Mr. Dongarra said. Its a lot more powerful than the other computers.
The latest ranking of the top 500 computers, to be released Monday, is determined by running a standard mathematical equation. The winning computer was able to make 8.2 quadrillion calculations per second, or in more technical terms, 8.2 petaflops per second.
The performance of K is equivalent to linking around one million desktop computers, Mr. Dongarra said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/technology/20computer.htmlYeah cause bitcoin is serious business to people besides us basement dwellers...
Be afraid everyone.