A Single Computer To Run The Entire Internet
Running the entire internet using a single computer may not be an unfathomable task now if the ongoing project by IBM bear fruits of success! Kittyhawk is the project name which IBM has launched with an aim to develop such a supercomputer that would have the power of running and executing the whole of internet process. IBM makes a very strong point in this proposal by saying that this could be realised because the design is not unproven technology. IBM's Blue Gene architectures own 4 of the top 10 spots of the list of fastest supercomputers on the planet, including the top spot, which is occupied by IBM's Blue Gene/L. IBM's Blue Gene/L architecture is the successor to its P architecture. The Kittyhawk project, initially designed with the Blue Gene/P architecture, will likely make the eventual switch to the more powerful and efficient "L" architecture. It is estimated that this proposed supercomputer system would be requiring about 67.1 million cores with 32PB of memory. That's massive task for any project undertaking but no task is impossible. We'll wait and see.
