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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. haha great by Slashdotess · · Score: -1, Troll

    Will it be running Linux?

    If so, I'd recommend against it, with that new of networking technology it'll take 2 years for a stable driver to be released..

  2. Did anyone else read the headline as: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "All in all, this is a great combination and one that is easy to recommend", cmdrtaco, founder and chief executive whore of slashdot

  3. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you can purchase a wife for 5 american dollars . all russian women are whores; whoever tells you otherwise is a fucking cockgoblin.

  4. Re:Not as impressive as it sounds by Alex+Belits · · Score: 1, Troll

    Sorry, it should be s/diffraction/refraction/

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