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

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

    Good night...