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When will one TeraFLOP/s cost <$1?

Total Forecasters78

Community Prediction2029-05-17 (2026-03-11 - 2033-06-25)

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Authors:

Tamay

Opened:

Sep 9, 2018

Closes:

Dec 31, 2027

Scheduled resolution:

Jan 1, 2070

Computing and Math

Information technology

FLOPS

Measurement

United States

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