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SGI Introduces World's Densest Server

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-lead-components dept.

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."

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  1. System Requirements by Soporific · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that the system requirement for the up and coming Doom III?

    ~S

  2. Densest server? by digitalsushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now where do we find the world's densest admin to run it?

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  3. Re:Is it such a good new? by pyr0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...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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  4. Re:Just imagine a beowulf .... by jo42 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Query: What do you call a cluster of slashdot Linux geeks?

    Response: The boys that cried "Beowulf!".

  5. World's Densest Server by bstadil · · Score: 4, Funny
    Not true.

    This record goes to Emmanuel at the little bistro on Rue de Bach just off Blvd. St. Michel in Paris.

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  6. Favorite Quote by ProtoStar · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the ZD link:

    Procter & Gamble, for example, uses an SGI system to study the aerodynamics of Pringle's potato chips

  7. Cooling Fans = Wind Tunnel by Brigadier · · Score: 5, Funny


    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?/newsroo m/ press_releases/2002/november/images/origin3900_1_j pg.zip

  8. Re:Is it such a good new? by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  9. From the article by greenhide · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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  10. Woah by teslatug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nice Rack!

  11. Just how dense is it? by Admiral+Burrito · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?