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Fastest US Supercomputer Runs Linux

Posted by simoniker on from the vroom-vroom-vroom dept.

jgercken writes "The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has brought online a 11.8 teraflops supercomputer based on the Linux operating system, comprised of ~2,000 Itanium processors, and assembled by HP. Touted to be the fastest unclassified computer in the US, its main duties will be atmospheric chemistry, systems biology, catalysis and materials science."

2 of 314 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What about the classified ones? by odenshaw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I bet the power used for this is negligible compared with driving your fucking SUV!

  2. Offtopic??? OK, Try This by Lucas+Membrane · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Good that it runs linux. If it ran Windows, millions of people might live.