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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. Obligatory running gag... by jehreg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow! Imagine a Beow SMACK!

  2. Wow! by mikeputnam · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a beowulf cluster... ...oh wait.

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    It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. -Aristotle
  3. Of course... by Andrewkov · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Wow. That's a lot of nuclear weapons simulations.

    It's also a lot of Frames Per Second in Quake!