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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. Finally! by simpleguy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Some mean piece of hardware that meets the minimum requirements to play Doom III

    Eat this BFG suckazzz!!

  2. Re:Imagine a beowulf cluster of these by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of those! .

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

    Wow! Imagine a Beow SMACK!

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

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

    --
    It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. -Aristotle
  5. 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!

  6. Am i too late? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Am I too late to remind everyone to image a beow....