Titan is designed to deliver a peak capability of over 27, 000 trillion calculations per second, or 27 petaflops, a system that is over ten times more powerful than previous generationsof ORNL computers.
In the next few months there will be interesting advances in interfaces and software APIs that will enable newer generationsof high performance computers.
Perhaps the habit of singing is less a part of everyday life than it once was, where previous generations without televisions and computers would naturally come together to sing and share stories.