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NCSA To Build $53 Million, 13-Teraflop Facility

Posted by timothy on from the lucky-numbers dept.

Quite a few readers submitted news of a distributed system to be built by four U.S. institutions (mostly) out of IBM computers, and paid for with a whopping grant. DoctorWho and november writes: "'The National Science Foundation has awarded $53 million to four U.S. research institutions to build and deploy a distributed terascale facility...' A link to the press release is here." An anonymous reader contributed a link to coverage on Wired, and GreazyMF to one of this story at the New York Times.

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  1. I wonder if they'd be interested by basscomm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    in joining my RC-5 cracking team...

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  2. Re:Just to get on with it by garcia · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    11. yeah, it can do all that, but can it get me pr0n?

  3. Can you? by Mononoke · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Imagine a Beow....

    Aww, shit. nevermind.

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  4. Re:Just to get on with it by Captain+Salad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wait, there's a couple more...

    12. Katz = = fucktard.
    13. Taco = = homo.
    14. Timothy = = tool.
    15. Stephen King, author, is dead at 54.

    ...and my own personal favorite

    16. The Linux Gay Conspiracy

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  5. horsepower by whovian · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    How about getting these things to drive those high-resolution walls?

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