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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. I... by Puu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    IABCOT!

  2. Re: by rmohr02 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    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.
    Damn!
  3. BUSH = MURDEROUS GIGAFLOPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bush has got the tech, all that remains is a matter of time.

  4. Whatever happened to... by Cap'n+Canuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kinda makes the whole *@home thing passe...

  5. dense? by SubtleNuance · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my .history on this new SGI box:

    ls

    sh: ls: I do not understand.

    ls

    sh: ls: Huh?

    ls dammit!

    PID TTY TIME COMMAND

    5786 pts/ta 0:00 sh

    5808 pts/ta 0:00 ps

    I SAID ls !!!

    sh: ls: ?
    ls -al

    T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP NATTCH SEGSZ
    Shared Memory:

    m 3 0x41200ae9 rw rw rw root root 1 8192

    m 12604 0x00240656 rw rw rw ata ata 20 25000000

    $@!^

    total 10

    drwxr xr x 2 jroach wcp_adm 96 Dec 1 1999 .

    drwxr xr x 8 root root 1024 Oct 8 13:47 ..

    rw r r 1 bsmith abcadm 814 Dec 1 1999 .cshrc

    rw r r 1 bsmith abcadm 347 Dec 1 1999 .exrc

    rw r r 1 bsmith abcadm 341 Dec 1 1999 .login

    rw r r 1 bsmith abcadm 446 Dec 1 1999 .profile

    This is a simple text paragraph in order to remove the Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. I will now repeat random words train tree tuck test toast mail moxy proxy dont eat the yellow snow remove the Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. I will now repeat random words train tree tuck test toast mail moxy proxy dont eat the yellow snow remove the Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. I will now repeat random words train tree tuck test toast mail moxy proxy dont eat the yellow snow remove the Reason: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. I will now repeat random words train tree tuck test toast mail moxy proxy dont eat the yellow snow This is ridiculous please stop more apple pear peach potato carrot yam pumpkin bean sprout pod cabbage leek onion pepper cuke peter paul mary martha tom tim terry john micheal mike steve larry mary jen jim allison kristi chris

    this would be ALOT funnier without the LAME-FILTER!

    sorry