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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."

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  1. Yes... by MikeXpop · · Score: 4, Funny

    But does it run Linux?

    ::ducks::

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    1. Re:Yes... by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 4, Funny

      and, wait for it...imagine a beowolf cluster of these!

    2. Re:Yes... by Gleng · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't think even the Death Star could /. this bitch.

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    3. Re:Yes... by Nunar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Linux? Come on, let's get to the important stuff...

      Will it run SETI??

  2. SCO by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoa, that's gonna cost them in SCO licenses.

    But seriously, I wonder what kind of stand governmental implementations of Linux are taking on the fiaSCO.

  3. What about the Powerstack? by tcd004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They clearly aren't considering the Powerstack 5000

    tcd004

  4. But the true test by DaLiNKz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can it run Quake II properly with 200 bots set to godlike abilities? ;)

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  5. Maybe they can spare some CPU time... by pVoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    for the actual power grid to avoid the catastrophic meltdowns we just recently had... instead of frolicking about with the bees and flowers.

    1. Re:Maybe they can spare some CPU time... by Blaine+Hilton · · Score: 4, Funny
      Perhaps they were testing the system, and that is what caused the whole power grid to fall apart...

      Should I be making and wearing that tin-foil cap now?

  6. Strange by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being the Department of Energy I though they would have used AMD chips so they could use the excess heat to drive a power plant.

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  7. They've brought it online... by MoThugz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, let's see if we can /. the world's fastest linux powered unclassified computer.

    Got URL?

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  8. Yay! by Bridog · · Score: 4, Funny

    RC5-1024 here we come!

    Call me back in about 200 years.

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  9. Re:What about the classified ones? by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially not the people running them.

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  10. that sounds good by toddhunter · · Score: 5, Funny

    But according to Apple the G5 is 10% quicker under their latest benchmark tests.

  11. But does it run SCO? by Axe · · Score: 4, Funny

    We all know it is a superior system. And with $1.5M in licensing fees they will collect for this particular installation, they will develop it even further.

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  12. Re:Grid Computing and AI by sco08y · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not EVEN going to look at it until YOU put in more exclamation points!!!!!!!!! and BOLD TEXT!!!!!!!!

    The RADICAL NAVIGATION BAR is absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!!! That kind of NATURAL CAMOUFLAGE of VITAL NAVIGATION ELEMENTS is a SUPER-COOL way to design GROOVY WEB SITES!!!!!!!!!

  13. SCO? by raehl · · Score: 4, Funny

    McBride: We have learned that your government secret agency is using Linux IP in violation of our intellectual property rights.

    Secret Government Agency: We have learned that SCO owes billions of dollars in back taxes, and that you have an affinity for barnyard animals.

    McBride: But I havn't been on a farm in 40 years!

    Secret Government Agency: That's not what these pictures generated by our new Linux supercompter say.

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  14. Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of power plants by po8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its main duties will be atmospheric chemistry, systems biology, catalysis and materials science.

    IOW, studies in dealing with the power consumption of 2000 Itanium processors.