Slashdot Mirror


Dell $38m Supercomputer [not] More Costly than VT's G5s

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Austin Business Journal, Dell's 3-teraflop, 600 server supercomputer cluster cost the University of Texas $38 million. As The Apple Turns has pointed out that this is 7 times the cost (and a quarter of the power) of Apple's cluster at Virginia Tech! " Update: 10/14 17:56 GMT by M : worm eater writes "The Register has posted a correction to the widely-reported story that a 3.7 terraflop Dell cluster cost the University of Texas $38 million. As it turns out, the computer cost $3 million, vs. $5.2 million for the 17.6 terraflop Mac G5 cluster at Virginia Tech."

2 of 578 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Costs by wud · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    kill bill is frikin amazing.. EVERYONE GO SEE IT NOW.... if you dont know what it is, let me explain... quentin tarantino made a kung fu movie... need i say more?

    --
    wud
  2. Re:Here's a copy of the apple turns web page by uunh+haun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    mod up, it's ture