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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. Just to get on with it by halftrack · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Imagine a bewolf-cluster of these ones
    2. It must be running Linux
    3. Imagine Unreal on it
    4. Imagine Quake on it
    5. Imagine the cracking power

    Redundant, redundant, redundant karma-eater

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    1. Re:Just to get on with it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Just imagine a beowulf cluster of smartass, told-you-so posts !

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

    in joining my RC-5 cracking team...

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  3. Imagine ... by halftrack · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... Windows on it. Ahhh ...

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

    Aww, shit. nevermind.

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  5. 13-Teraflops.... by Amarok.Org · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wonder how fast Quake will run?

    (Can I get one of these instead of my desk at work? Just give me a monitor and big stool.)

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


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

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  7. french by Juan+Epstein · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    toast!

    Has it been 20 seconds yet?

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  8. 13-Terflops of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What exactly will they be using the 13 Teraflops to calculate and the 450 Terabytes to store? Mayhaps Carnivore or Eschelon have found a home.