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Vayu is capable of 140 teraflops (140 trillion floating point calculations per second). To replicate this processing power for a day using humans with calculators, you would need six billion people - each with a calculator - for about six years.
Vayu is capable of 140 teraflops (140 trillion floating point calculations per second). To replicate this processing power for a day using humans with calculators, you would need six billion people - each with a calculator - for about six years. Photo: Munir Kotadia
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Photos: Australia's fastest supercomputer

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