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Reaction speed of a supercomputer

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How fast can a supercomputer process an information? Like, which is the timeframe to blitz it before it can process the information "attack"?
 
Thanks, but I mostly wanted to know which is the timeframe that they need to process an information, not how fast they are. Like, not 5 MIPS but 0,0003 seconds (random numbers)
 
It depends on the computer, the RAM, REM, any gateways, sensors, the physical distance between the sensors and the motherboard, whether it's a quantum or conventional computer, and how much processing power is being used.
 
Well the current Fastest Supercomputer in the world can process about 93 quadrillion calculations per second

Assuming it took a human being 5 seconds to work out 1 calculation

it would take 93,000,000,000,000,000 x 5 = 4.65e+17 seconds for a human being to work out the same information

Not quite sure how to do this but

that would mean a supercomputers processing speed is 4.65e+17 faster than a human beings

Average human reaction speed is 0.282 seconds

0.282/4.65e+17 = 6.0645161e-19 or
0.00000000000000000060645161 seconds
 
Why I haven't received the notification yesterday

@Omega

The specifics are unknown sadly, although it's generally more advanced than anything on Earth.

@Uchiha

Wouldn't that make the computer FTL?
 
I mean, it probably isn't impossible for processing speeds to be FTL, Just that nothing can actually move at those speeds

Though i don't really know how valid my calculation is BUT 93 quadrillion calculations per second was going to yield a ridicilous result either way
 
UchihaVision said:
I mean, it probably isn't impossible for processing speeds to be FTL, Just that nothing can actually move at those speeds
Though i don't really know how valid my calculation is BUT 93 quadrillion calculations per second was going to yield a ridicilous result either way
Reaction speed is different from calculation speed. It's the time it takes for information to be received, processed, and acted on. Assuming it's one calculation is probably incorrect, it'd be closer to, I'd say one hundred for absolute certainty. Then, it's time to act, which of course, needs more specs on the machine itself.


Basically, it's all in the specs, the quality of hardware, quality of software, and the thing being reacted to.
 
Omegagoldfish said:
UchihaVision said:
I mean, it probably isn't impossible for processing speeds to be FTL, Just that nothing can actually move at those speeds
Though i don't really know how valid my calculation is BUT 93 quadrillion calculations per second was going to yield a ridicilous result either way
Reaction speed is different from calculation speed. It's the time it takes for information to be received, processed, and acted on. Assuming it's one calculation is probably incorrect, it'd be closer to, I'd say one hundred for absolute certainty. Then, it's time to act, which of course, needs more specs on the machine itself.


Basically, it's all in the specs, the quality of hardware, quality of software, and the thing being reacted to.
You're right, though the original question was how fast can a supercomputer process information, not reaction speed and i think my calculation is close to or somewhat around the ball parks of the correct result
 
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