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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. Wow by Zayin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Using PCI host adapters and Xeon processors, engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Labs have achieved 10-TFlops relatively cheaply.


    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those! Er... Nevermind.

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  2. obligatory post by valmont · · Score: 1, Redundant
    ... imagine a flea-market-invading, walmart-shelf-rackmount mutating, penguin-magnet, fear-of-god-inducing beowulf cluster of these!

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