1. What is the main purpose of the Stampede Supercomputer?

a) Climate modeling

b) Drug discovery

c) Artificial intelligence

d) Astrophysics research

2. How many processors does the Stampede Supercomputer have?

a) 10,000

b) 100,000

c) 1 million

d) 10 million

3. What type of architecture is used in the Stampede Supercomputer?

a) Clustered

b) Grid

c) Distributed

d) Shared memory

4. How much memory does the Stampede Supercomputer have?

a) 1 terabyte

b) 10 terabytes

c) 100 terabytes

d) 1 petabyte

5. What programming languages are supported by the Stampede Supercomputer?

a) C++ and Python

b) Fortran and R

c) Java and C#

d) All of the above

6. What is the peak performance of the Stampede Supercomputer?

a) 10 teraflops

b) 100 teraflops

c) 1 petaflop

d) 10 petaflops

7. How is the Stampede Supercomputer used for drug discovery?

a) By simulating protein folding

b) By analyzing genetic data

c) By modeling neural networks

d) By performing quantum computations

8. How is the Stampede Supercomputer used for astrophysics research?

a) By simulating galaxy formation

b) By analyzing data from telescopes

c) By modeling neural networks

d) By performing quantum computations

9. Who manages and operates the Stampede Supercomputer?

a) National Science Foundation

b) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

c) Department of Energy

d) National Institutes of Health

10. How is the Stampede Supercomputer used for climate modeling?

a) By simulating ocean currents

b) By analyzing satellite data

c) By modeling atmospheric conditions

d) All of the above

Answers:

1. b
2. b
3. d
4. d
5. d
6. c
7. a
8. a
9. c
10. d

Reasons:

1. The main purpose of the Stampede Supercomputer is to assist in drug discovery by simulating protein folding and other computationally intensive tasks.
2. The Stampede Supercomputer has 100,000 processors.
3. The Stampede Supercomputer uses a shared memory architecture.
4. The Stampede Supercomputer has 1 petabyte of memory.
5. The Stampede Supercomputer supports all programming languages, including C++ and Python, Fortran and R, and Java and C#.
6. The peak performance of the Stampede Supercomputer is 1 petaflop.
7. The Stampede Supercomputer is used for drug discovery by simulating protein folding, which helps researchers understand how proteins fold and misfold, which can lead to new drug development.
8. The Stampede Supercomputer is used for astrophysics research by simulating galaxy formation, which helps researchers understand how galaxies form and evolve over time.
9. The Stampede Supercomputer is managed and operated by the Department of Energy.
10. The Stampede Supercomputer is used for climate modeling by simulating ocean currents, analyzing satellite data, and modeling atmospheric conditions, which helps researchers understand and predict the Earth's climate.