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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. LINUX OS by r0xah · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't get me wrong Linux is a great OS for a server and even a home computer, but is it really the best OS of choice for a new supercomputer? Will it be able to fully utilize all of the abilities. I assume in time that it would, but you would have to wait for the open source developers to catch up to the curve.

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