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Cray SX-6 Installed in Alaska

Posted by timothy on from the good-air-conditioning dept.

Dhrakar writes: "Now, I know that normally press releases are imediately round-filed, however, as this is the first NEC^H^H^HCray SX-6 to be installed in the U.S. it is newsworthy. The 8cpu, 64Gb system has been installed at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center for benchmarking and other testing. See either ARSC or the NY Times (sub. required. Yada, yada) article."

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  1. They're looking for a SysAdmin by chill · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just in case you want to play with toys like these, the ARSC is looking for an admin.

    --
    Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
  2. I work for the ARSC by copycats · · Score: 5, Informative
    And we're looking for an admin.

    Details are here

    And yes, you get to play with the new Cray.

    For more information, please contact:

    Pat Babcock, Administrative Assistant Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Butrovich Bldg, Suite 108 P.O. Box 756020 Fairbanks, AK 99775-6020

    Thanks! We're looking for someone with experience with supercomputers.

  3. Maybe that's because... by mindstrm · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's NOT a measure of system performance.

    It's a measure of clock speed.

    It's like saying "This engine tops out at 2000rpm, but this engine here can do 4000rpm"

    Is the second a more powerful engine? Hardly.. the first is out of a huge diesel caterpillar; the second is out of 20 year old Honda Civic.