More on Virginia Tech G5 Cluster: 17.6 Tflops

daveschroeder writes "BBC World's Click Online has a video report (with text transcript) on Virginia Tech's new 1100-node dual 2.0 GHz G5 Terascale Cluster. The report quotes the performance as 17.6 Tflops. As a point of reference, the cluster would be number 2 on the most recent June Top 500 list, behind only Japan's Earth Simulator, and considerably more than doubling the performance of the current number 3 1152-node dual 2.4 GHz Xeon MCR Linux cluster. Assuming the performance figure accurately reflects the LINPACK score (which it should; since the deadline for submissions for the upcoming list of Oct 1 has already passed, one would imagine VT would quote that figure), and depending on new entries for November's upcoming list, the cluster should almost certainly rank in the top 5 - all for only US$5.2 million. The video report is available in Windows Media 9 and Real formats; the relevant portion starts at 13:00."

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[DarkHazard]

Surley they only need 1099 G5s.

Yes, but,

[Anonymous Coward]

can it defeat an iMac in Apple's Photoshop benchmarks ;-)?

Re:Twice as fast...?

[TheRaven64]

I'd still take the G4 over the P4...

I'm not so sure. It's almost winter, and this house can get pretty cold...