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Coolest Cluster Ever

Posted by chrisd on from the love-them-shuttle-cases dept.

sw155kn1f3 writes "Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory built a cheap (less than $1k per unit) 294-unit Beowulf claster dedicated to run astrophysics calculations. According to their website it's 85th fastest computer in the world. Seems cool and promising as it made with cheap components and off the shelf hardware."

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  1. Uh oh by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Astrophysics.... 85th largest in the world... Call the department of homeland security, this could be terrorism! Yeah, okay.. it was stupid :P

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  2. Um, how does that make it the 'coolest'? by autopr0n · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't really think you can really quantify coolness in general, but I fail to see how the fact that this thing is cheap makes it all that cool.

    Perhaps if it was going to run simulations of ultra-low temperature physics... get it? haha. I kill me.

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