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SGI Introduces World's Densest Server
Twirlip of the Mists writes "Today SGI announced the Origin 3900 server, the world's densest computer. How dense? How about 16 MIPS R14000A processors and 32 GB of RAM in a 4-rack-unit 'superbrick,' for a grand total of 128 processors and 256 GB of RAM in a single rack. That makes the new machine the densest single-system-image computer in the world; it's even denser than most blade systems. Just for fun, the server also includes a whole bunch of 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X slots (from 11 up to hundreds and hundreds, depending on configuration). There's coverage of the announcement on ZDNet, CNET, and InfoWorld, as well as on SGI's own site."
that's the min system spec for Office 2005! start saving now..
Too bad it runs IRIX!
Isn't that the system requirement for the up and coming Doom III?
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Now where do we find the world's densest admin to run it?
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Every time somebody makes yet another Beowulf cluster joke/reference they make baby IT developer Jesus cry.
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with the Slashdot effect, we'd see how good those processors really are :)
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"...and more on lessening heat dissipation..."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you want to *increase* heat dissipation?
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I think the last adjective ever applied to SGI is "cheap" :) They'll make Ferrari owners feel like part of the proletariat.
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Stupid servers....getting denser all the time...
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You'd still probably need a beowolf cluster of these things to run the future Quake 3 multiplayer server...
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Procter & Gamble, for example, uses an SGI system to study the aerodynamics of Pringle's potato chips
You'd have a core meltdown that's hotter and does more damage than most nuclear weapons.
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You're right. Because of irresponsible companies like SGI, rogue countries like Iraq can legally buy these "fission reaction igniters" and get away with it.
Just wait for the technology to trickle down. You'll be able to get womething on par with this for $3000 in about, oh say......30 yrs.
>>>>>> Chewie, take the professor in the back and plug him into the hyperdrive.
That would be the blockhead who waited on me at McDonald's last night and couldn't get my order straight after four tries.
I'd also like to mention that I enjoy Subway, despite their lack of 'piping hot grits' as a menu item, and give a shout out to the mods, my paint-huffing homeys keeping it real out there in Internet land.
Sounds like this unit also would be the central heating unit for the office complex in which it resides.
Anyone see the large image of this thing. It has like 10 6" Wide cooling fans. Walking by this thing will be like walking by a turbine jet engine. I cant' wait for the readers digest " Sucked in to the Origin 3000 how I survived"
http://www.sgi.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi?/newsro
I remember eading an article on Slashdot some time ago on how processors were becoming so hot that at the current trend, they would be hotter than nuclear reactors by 2025.
When I got up this morning, it was 59 F outside. Now, just after lunch, it's over 65 F. If this trend continues, it will be hot enough to melt lead outside by next spring!
Beware statistical projections.
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A beefed-up system with 128 processors and 64MB of memory sells for $2.9 million.
Imagine how much the version with 128 MB must cost!
Karma: Chevy Kavalierma.
Nice Rack!
Don't worry, when the economy is in the shitter, there's always your regular three-letter agency to buy those supercomputers. ;-)
Client:
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: densestserver.sgi.com
Server:
Um... What's that?
Client:
Do you not understand HTTP 1.1?
Server:
Of course I do...?
Client:
Well then,
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: densestserver.sgi.com
Server:
Okay... Would you like that biggie-sized?
Client:
wtf?
Server:
Oh, you want a web page. Okay, I get it now.
Client:
Great. Now send it, please.
Server:
Send what?
Client:
*sigh* Nevermind.
User:
Huh? What does "500 Server Error: Server too dense" mean?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!