Assertion: colossus | /r/HasProperty | fast
Facets:
value: as a modern pc
type: MANNER
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: because of his parallel nature
type: CAUSE
value: by today's standards
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Because of his parallel nature, Colossus is very fast, even by today's standards.
text: Even in 2004, Tony Sale notes that "Colossus is so fast and parallel that a modern PC programmed to do the same code-breaking task takes as long as Colossus to achieve a result!".
text: So I thought it was wrong to say that the Colossus was as fast as a modern PC, because it is in the same ballpark only if you slow the computer down by a factor of 750.