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Re:What Makes the Hardest Equations in Physics So Difficult? by clicea on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:31PM (#16165480)
Don't be fooled by the numbers e9 is 5 orders od magnitude less than e14
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Re:What Makes the Hardest Equations in Physics So Difficult? by Retric on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @07:24AM (#16167309)
64 GPU's and 91 hours for a 12 second simulation. 64,000 CPU's for 910 hours (1 month) is 4 orders of magnitude.

Unfortunately, a useful cell simulation would be far more complex than simple particle collisions and a much shorter step size. But, that's not to say different kinds of simulations can't be useful. And ASIC's or general improvement in computing power can also boost things.

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