Feallsanrih Supercomputer Program

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The Feallsanrih (shorthand FSR, Aeng. 'Philosopher King') Project is an ongoing series of state-run supercomputer projects aimed at supplying universities, the military, and the government of Faneria with competitive first and second-rate supercomputers for a variety of uses. The project was first proposed in 1948, but was not initiated until 1966 with the foundation of the state-owned company General Computer Design as a design and production firm for computer components.

Feallsanrih Beta
Design firmGinearált Dealbhadh Coimpiutair
Introduced1989
Discontinued1996
Cost$40 million (adjusted per unit); $180 million (adjusted for project)
Memory10 GB
Power consumption160 kW
Speed280 megaflops
LanguageFeallsanOS 1.0
Dimensions12 sq ft
Feallsanrih One
Design firmGinearált Dealbhadh Coimpiutair
Introduced1996
Discontinued2005
Cost$200.3 million ($12 million per unit)
Memory1.2 TB
Power consumption850 kW
Speed1.1 teraflops
LanguageFeallsanOS 3.2
Dimensions800 sq ft
Feallsanrih Two
Design firmGinearált Dealbhadh Coimpiutair
Introduced2003
Discontinued2016
Cost$580 million ($220 million per unit)
Memory10 TB
Power consumption850 kW
Speed30.7 teraflops
LanguageFeallsanOS 4.6
Dimensions1202 sq ft
Feallsanrih Three
Design firmGinearált Dealbhadh Coimpiutair
Introduced2003
Discontinued2016
Cost$960 million ($380 million per unit)
Memory560 TB
Power consumption12.4 MW
Speed850 teraflops
LanguageFeallsanOS 5.1
Dimensions1,468 sq ft
Feallsanrih Four
Design firmGinearált Dealbhadh Coimpiutair
Introduced2016
Cost$2.7 billion ($430 million per unit)
Memory4 PB
Power consumption18 MW
Speed58 petaflops
LanguageFeallsanOS 6.3
Dimensions1,380 sq ft

Project History

After the project's start in 1966, the engineers and computer scientists involved were immediately faced with a dearth of native computer systems manufacturers and experience in Faneria, partly due to the newness of the field and partly due to Faneria's reliance on early foreign systems in the postwar economy. The solution was simple and expensive: build a microelectronics industry from the ground up.

The first twenty years of the project was consumed with education, experimentation with personal computers, and research and development, but funding remained consistent and the program was considered an enormously important long-term investment. Funding increased after the start of the space age, with Faneria's government pushing for early prototypes, eventually leading to the FSR Beta.

FSR Beta

FSR One

After the Success of the Beta, the FSR One launched with a total of twelve units produced, being the first multi-node supercomputer in Faneria and reaching a maximum speed of 1.1 teraflops. The produced platforms were distributed - three to the military, six to the state bureaucracy, two to computer science colleges, and one was sold to Brumalea in 1998.

FSR Two

FSR Three

FSR Chemical

FSR Physics

FSR Four