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How much time will the Fugaku supercomputer take to generate a wordlist?

Length: 50

Combination: Alphabet(upper/lower) + numbers (0~9)

also, would wordlist generators make a significant time/performance difference?

Mostafa Nafady
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  • To _generate_ the wordlist or to use it to crack some hash? Either way it would depend heavily on the software being used, and would take quite a bit of research to figure out without actually benchmarking the $1bn machine in person (or at least benchmarking its microprocessor). – forest Mar 14 '21 at 08:38
  • How do you plan to store it? It would require something on the order of 2^305 bytes - or 10^75 or thereabout of the *biggest* drives around, for a total cost of 10^78 dollars or thereabout... – vidarlo Mar 14 '21 at 09:23
  • @forest I've seen several benchmarks for the Fugaku, but couldn't really understand how they could be used in practical life, that's why I asked this question. – Mostafa Nafady Mar 14 '21 at 10:10
  • @MostafaNafady Those benchmarks tell you little to nothing about the computer's wordlist-generating or password-cracking performance. – forest Mar 14 '21 at 10:11
  • @vidarlo I'll pipe the output :D I only want to measure how practical this supercomputer is in real scenarios. – Mostafa Nafady Mar 14 '21 at 10:13
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    @MostafaNafady Supercomputers are costly. They're *very* practical for whatever problem they're designed to solve. To generate ordered bytes you can probably do it far cheaper with a [ASIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit). You don't need very many transistors to increment a counter by one... – vidarlo Mar 14 '21 at 10:19
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    @MostafaNafady I doubt "wordlist generation" was the scenario envisioned when this supercomputer's architecture was being designed. – forest Mar 14 '21 at 10:24

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