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SGI NUMAflex Linux System On Display @ SC2002

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the creating-the-memory dept.

jarrod.smith writes " According to SGI will unveil its Intel® Itanium® 2 NUMAflex shared-memory supercomputer architecture (which runs Linux as its OS) at Supercomputing 2002 which runs this week in Baltimore, MD. The link at SGI says the system will be on display at the show. The exhibit floor opens this evening. Unfortunately I did not go this year. Can those lucky enough to be at the meeting scope it out and post comments?"

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  1. What's in a name... by swordboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow!

    NumaFLEX... And to think... All that AMD could come up with was Athlon 64.

    You'da thunk that they'd at least stuck a period or an 'e' on there somewhere...

    eAthlon.64?

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    1. Re:What's in a name... by FaasNat · · Score: 5, Funny

      eAthlon.64?
      Dan Quayle says it's Athlone 64

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  2. According to... by SexyKellyOsbourne · · Score: 2, Funny

    According to SGI will unveil its

    According to who?

    I demand an answer!

  3. almost made it by painehope · · Score: 2, Funny

    yep, I was slated to go, and then got told "no, we don't have the money in the budget"...and to top it off, even /. is rubbing it in...
    puts head down and weeps as images of shiny, multi-colored SGI systems float through my head

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  4. Re:LINUX OS by stevejsmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    With all of the time and money they're putting into this, wouldn't it make sense to code their own operating system? I don't know much about coding OSes, but it seems that it would be the best way.

    Regarding Linux: I don't know a whole lot about the kenel structure and what-not, but it seems that the good things about Linux are things that a supercomputer wouldn't care about (portability, a good GUI platform, etc.). Why not use IRIX?

    You know, if they wanted a stable OS, they'd use Windows 98 and just pay the money for the second edition and then patch IE. That's pretty stable, right?

  5. WHY LINUX!? by stevejsmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    LINUX!? WHY LINUX!? Why not a stable OS...




    Like Windows ME!

  6. Re:If i remember correctly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Can you give me one good reason why Linux will not be a good supercomputer?

    Because it is an operating system, not a computer?

  7. My conversation with one of the sales reps by Leebert · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's funny, I talked with an SGI rep there and he said "We haven't annouced this yet, so you don't see it sitting there." To which I replied "Why don't you not tell me about what's not sitting there." "Sure, I won't", he said, and proceeded to tell me all about it. :)

    Seriously, it looks pretty sweet, but I was more excited by the Origin 3900 -- 16 processors in one C-Brick (4U).