China Building Linux-Based 10 Teraflop Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 27, 2003 @03:17AM from the does-linux-scale dept.

securitas writes "CNet Asia reports that China is building a 2000-processor supercomputer based on the AMD Opteron 64-bit CPU. The new supercomputer will run a Chinese-designed Linux operating system. Based on current standings, the resulting 10-teraflop machine will make it the third most powerful supercomputer in the world. The Red Grid project is being built by Dawning Information Industry and China's National Research Centre for Intelligent Computing Systems. The Red Grid/Dawning 4000A is expected to be complete by June 2004. But China has competition - weighing in at 40 teraflops, the Cray Red Storm AMD-based 10,000-Opteron supercomputer built for Sandia National Labs will become the supercomputer heavyweight next year. More at Infoworld , InternetNews and Yahoo."

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Hey! by rmohr02 · 2003-07-27 03:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

Imagine a Beowulf...nevermind.
Good... by FosterSJC · 2003-07-27 03:33 · Score: 0, Redundant

Maybe then can start simulating nuclear test blasts instead of actually conducting them.
Chineese? by SharpFang · 2003-07-27 03:39 · Score: 0, Redundant

The new supercomputer will run a Chinese-designed Linux operating system.

I thought Torvalds comes from Finland?
Or are some obscure RMS ancestors chineese? ;)

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Re:Umm correction to OP by Jeff+DeMaagd · 2003-07-27 03:50 · Score: 1, Redundant

I remember an interview that Linus believed that his view of the operating system _is_ the kernel because the kernel answers to no program and all programs answer to it. He also admitted that Microsoft would have a broader definition, because it suits their marketing needs.