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10-TFlop Computer Built from Standard PC Parts

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the economic-supercomputing dept.

OrangeTide writes "Using PCI host adapters and Xeon processors, engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Labs have achieved 10-TFlops relatively cheaply. More information can be obtained from this article at EETimes." Lately, Linux seems to be the operating system of choice for new supercomputers, and this one's no different. It's cool to see big iron made cheaply.

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  1. Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A commodity supercomputing cluster of these! (There has to be a better name for it, but I'm new here on Slashdot).

  2. Supercomputer developed for... by jabex · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... which was specifically developed for running Doom III.

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    1. Re:Supercomputer developed for... by Charles+Dodgeson · · Score: 5, Funny
      ... Doom III

      Well, considering who's building it and running it, it's reasonable to guess that some form of doom will be simulated on it.

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  3. Wait until the weapons inspectors get to Iraq! by joeflies · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then the world will finally see the 4000 Playstation 2's that Saddam used to build a supercomputer

  4. Re:imagine the future by Charles+Dodgeson · · Score: 5, Funny
    In the not too distant future, that kind of processing power could very well be available in home PCs. [...] Oh sure, we'll find something [to do with it], but it's difficult for us to imagine now

    the Search for Extremely Trivial Iterations at home.

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  5. who ever said ... by valmont · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... that penguins couldn't do steroids?

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  6. I need one! by Newer+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a lot of movies to convert to DIVX...

  7. I can see the adds now.. by PerryMason · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I was doing my nuclear simulations on the ASCII White and it was like BEEP BEEP BEEP...and like half my work was gone..."

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