Virginia Tech to Build Top 5 Supercomputer?

Posted by michael on Saturday August 30, 2003 @11:16AM from the computer-hogs dept.

hype7 writes "ThinkSecret is running a story which might explain exactly why the Dual 2GHz G5 machines have been delayed to the customers that ordered them minutes after the keynote was delivered. Apparently, Virginia Tech has plans to build a G5 cluster of 1100 units. If it manages to complete the cluster before the cut-off date, it will score a Top 5 rank in the Linpack Top 500 Supercomputer List. Both Apple and the University are playing mum on the issue, but there's talk of it all over the campus."

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Re:Macs ? by mslinux · 2003-08-31 03:28 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Would anybody know why Powermac G5s are a better choice here?

They aren't a better choice. This is nothing but a *huge* waste of money by the CS Dept. Head who is a *classic* Mac fanatic that has been influenced by the Steve Jobs reality distortion field. The drinking of the poison koolaid is next on his list of things to do right after making x86 a forbidden platform in the dept.