Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Transmeta Meets Blades

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the are-there-any-vampires dept.

The Griller writes "Gordon Bell, one of the creators of VAX, and Linus Torvalds were at the launch of a new supercomputing platform at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Based on Crusoe processors from Transmeta and running a version of linux, it is aimed at being cheaper than conventional supercomputers by requiring no cooling and lower maintenance. " Basically, it's blade clustering, using Beowulf.

3 of 160 comments (clear)

  1. Imagine... (fp!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

    4th post!!!!

  2. GAY HISTORY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I went to see Noel Coward's _Private Lives_ the other night. In it the male lead and the female lead are having an argument (along these lines):

    Man: Do as I say or I will snap you like an adder!
    Wife: Adders don't snap, they sting.
    Man: Well, this adder snaps! *snap* *snap* *snap*

    I realize the Z-Snap was probably added by the actor, but the original lines are in the play itself. So my question is: How long have gay men (people) been 'snapping'?

  3. Oatmeal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oatmeal tastes like ass. I know this because I eat ass.