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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. third pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i'm l337

  2. 2000 x US$ 699... by ebf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will SCO give the US government some licensing discount?

    My god... I guess I will start buying some SCO shares... NOT! :)

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  3. Re:Odd.. by DaLiNKz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I actually would rather BSD for my servers. But it seems Linux is much more flexible when it comes to needs.. BSD might be (in my opinion) solid.. but I just don't see it conforming to the needs..

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  4. change of government? by kguilber · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Maybe I'm a grammar nazi, but I can't figure out how to interpret this quote from the linked page:
    "HP and PNNL are working together to create next-generation technical computing solutions that will support some of the world's most important scientific research," said Martin Fink, vice president of Linux, HP Enterprise Servers and Storage.
    1. Re:change of government? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, you're not a grammar nazi, just a plain, normal moron nazi.

  5. Re:Yes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    every night before I lay down my head.. I pray for your death

  6. In Soviet Russia... by mikewren420 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...the fastest supercomputer runs *you*.

    modbait: Are these even funny anymore?

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by sTavvy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      imagine a beowulf cluster of these...

      i guess neither are funny any more!!

    2. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Poeir · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I, for one, welcome our new supercomputer overlords.

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    3. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hmmmm. A computer running me eh.. That's a nasty mental picture.

      I see the FORMER bofh running from a weird rolling server case that opens and shuts the tape drive flap while saying over the PC speaker "THATS THE LAST TIME YOU RM -RF ME!!!" while firing raid, ZIP, cd's, and floppies at high speeds. You'd also notice the interns being dragged by the dangling ethernet cable. Oh, and add the MAC frownly face on the screen.

      Does the BOFH live in Russia?

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    4. Re:In Soviet Russia... by KillerHamster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No.

    5. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Little+Brother · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hmm a beowulf of supercomputers in solviet russia running you and making you make hot grits for Natilie Portman... (What did I miss?)

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    6. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ding!

    7. Re:In Soviet Russia... by mikewren420 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ...bong hits for Trey Anastasio? What?

    8. Re:In Soviet Russia... by kdsolutions · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      look a few posts up... sorry, man... /. doesn't allow reposts of previous stories... and i beat ya to that one... lol

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  7. Newspeak: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory by Lucas+Membrane · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And they put the stuff about biological research on the front page of the site too. Folks, this is a nuclear materials factory that's been a nuclear materials factory from the time when nobody knew you should be careful with radioactive material, through the time when national priorities didn't give us time to be careful with radioactive material, right up to the present, when the corporations and bombmongers have decided that it's not profitable to be careful with radioactive materials. This is no place to go near if you value your DNA. But it's all being marketed so professionally by the same people who renamed the million acres or so of oblivion left over after many nuclear explosions the "Nevada National Research Park!" Hey, GI George, go be a park ranger there.

  8. Re:Yes... by NakedChick · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, but imagine a beowulf cluster of these <gathers-boobs-up-to-show-them-off>. But what would I know? I'm just a naked chick.

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  9. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...the beowulf cluster imagines YOU!

  10. The fastest computer in the US, eh? by lavalyn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    But how many frames per second does it get on Doom III?

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  11. You left out by TubeSteak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    CowyBoy Neal you insensitive clod!!

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  12. MOD TO +5 by kdsolutions · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Any post that contains a reference to welcoming one's new overlord(s) or seeing a beowolf cluster of anything...

    in fact... I, for one, welcome my beowolf cluster of +5(funny) post overlords...

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    1. Re:MOD TO +5 by kdsolutions · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      AND DO IT AUTOMATICALLY BY SOFTWARE!

      this line added to bypass the lameness filter... I WANTED TO YELL, DAMNIT!

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  13. Troll, moi? by MrBlint · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Score -1 Unfunny I could accept - but troll? That hurts!

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