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Linux Chosen for IBM's New Supercomputer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the called-up-from-the-farm-leagues dept.

Uhh_Duh writes "news.com is reporting that Linux will be the main OS in the Blue Gene - IBM's $100m supercomputer project. The Blue Gene will contain 65,000 processors and 16 trillion bytes of memory." Wow. That's a lot of nuclear weapons simulations.

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  1. Re:The end of AIX by thammoud · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >>They're putting nearly us$1B a year into Linux >>(JFS being just one wonderful thing ported).

    What else is IBM putting in Linux that costs $1 billion ? They don't even sell a Linux for god sake. IBM uses Linux for propoganda and contributes very little to the open source movement in return. Come back when they open source DB/2, WebSphere or any of their major products.

    This might not be very popular on /. but IBM is the naked emperor.