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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. astrophysics...astromech? by zombiepopper · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Astrophysics calculations eh? So basically it's an ugly R2-D2...great. Really fantastic.

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  2. Yes, but... by CaptainSuperBoy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Imagine a radioactive beowulf cluster of these!

  3. Did anyone else notice ? by Monkelectric · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That the JPEG on the front page is 1.1 megs?! some of my websites are smaller then 1 meg!

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  4. Re:I doubt this thing will run for long... by josh+crawley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ---How can you have that as your sig when your entire post was one big troll against Intel, Maxtor, and DDR SDRAM? It's not ironic, it's hypocritical.

    Turn off every SIG.

  5. Last Post.... by pheph · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    1.) Run astrophysics calculations
    2.) ???
    3.) Profit!

    Good night...

  6. Re:I doubt this thing will run for long... by jericho4.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1.Read the sig.
    2.Think about the sig.
    3.Think about what a troll is.
    4.Repeat untill you slap yourself in the forehead. :-)

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  7. Re:For less than $300,000... by Photon+Ghoul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ouch who modded the parent as Troll? That was an on-topic and interesting post. You do realize you're going to be M2'd?