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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.

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  1. Hey... by cliffy2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We can make a beowo... oh. How can I make a "beowolf cluster" joke when it IS a beowolf cluster? Wah!!!

  2. Cluster by pknut · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Just imagine if you built a Beowulf cluster of these...

    Ok, I'm sorry.

  3. Wow, just.. by tortap-0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    imagine a beo... ahw crap.

  4. Wouldn't it be cool? by MsWillow · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wouldn't it be great to have a Beowulf cluster of these? Oh, wait. Nevermind :)

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  5. Wow we're dumb... by KFury · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't even remember one of us slashdotters responding to a Transmeta story with 'imagine a beowulf cluster of these...'

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  6. Dudes by fizban · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Whoa, someone should make a Beowulf clus...

    er, right.

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