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Supercomputer To Use Optical Router

Posted by timothy on from the is-the-computer dept.

Izmunuti writes "From a NYTimes article: 'Highlighting a radical departure in the design of the fastest computers, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology plans to announce on Monday that it will use an optical router designed by a Texas company as the heart of a campus-wide supercomputer that will be woven together with optical fibers.'"

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  1. First. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My turn.

  2. uhh by TrollBurger · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd try and imagine a beowulf cluster of these, but that'd just be stupid now wouldn't it.

  3. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. But are they as cool as me for 1st post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehe there we go....

  5. cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i want one for my double wide. immagine a beouwolf cluster of double wide trailers

  6. Optical? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My goddamn hogs eye! Where can I get one of these? Does it run Windows XP?

    I thank you.

  7. The Leonids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hold open the shutter? The *shutter*? I have a digital camera, you insensitive clod!

  8. Re:Ok, this guy is off his rocker. by coryboehne · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And, on a slightly different note: Checking your html tags carefully before pressing the submit button is every bit as important as thinking before you speak... DOH! :)

  9. OK, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Try the Moo Shu Pork. It is especially good today. You insensitive clod.

  10. Re:nytimes.com by Istealmymusic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As opposed to them not tracking IPs so we couldn't make a universal Slashdot logon?

    --
    "The lesson to be learned is not to take the comments on slashdot too literally." --Vinnie Falco, BearShare
  11. MOD this COCKSUCKER down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    he's a fucking racist troll ! look at his homepage!

  12. So when by aexandria · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do I get to go to K-PAX?

  13. Nice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...but will it play Ogg Vorbis?

  14. Re:Not to be confused with... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    No, it was just you.

    HTH