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Posted by Diana Dugger [81.118.4.4 - Sunfilter1] on 28 September 2004 at 20.43.47 ZuluTime:
In Reply to: Re: The definition of bombastic.... posted by Barry McDonald on 08 March 2003 at 13.05.36 ZuluTime:
...At that time [the 1960s], Bell Laboratories scientists projected that
computer speeds as high as 30 million floating-point calculations per
second (megaflops) would be needed for the Army's ballistic missile
defense system. Many computer experts -- including a National Academy
of Sciences panel -- said achieving such speeds, even using multiple
processors, was impossible. Today, new generation supercomputers operate
at billions of operations per second (gigaflops).
-- Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 9, 1988, "Washington Roundup", pg 13
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