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Terascale Computing System Installed

Posted by Hemos on from the more-power-then....something dept.

lysie writes The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, with Compaq and the NSF, has installed the Terascale Computing System. Worldwide, it's second in power only to ASCI White at Livermore. However, it's the most powerful system in the world for unclassified research--6 teraflops per second. 3,000 Compaq Alpha EV68 microprocessors, in 750 four-processor AlphaServer systems running Tru64 UNIX."

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  1. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

    Q33!!

  2. wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    imagine a beo... err never mind.

  3. Re:If we could just get a Beowulf cluster of these by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Isn't *BSD dying?

  4. has to be said by joshtimmons · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'd sure like to build a beowulf cluster of these.