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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. Uh OH by dieMSdie · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Imagine the royalties SCO will be demanding here . . .

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  2. Re:What about the classified ones? by Mr_Matt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who has the classified super computers?

    That's, um, classified. :) I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you and all that. :)

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  3. New AI hyper-computing software by yandoobies · · Score: 0, Redundant

    a related project of some interest is GridShell. It provides an intelligent WebUI on top of easy Grid, Super, or Cluster access. Also included is the new Self-Parallelizing Artificial Intelligence Language 'SequenceL.' All GPL'd and written in Object Oriented Perl.

    Go to the following address for immediate access:
    http://GridShell.SourceForge.net

    -Yandoobies