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IBM's Blue Gene powered by Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the big-iron-on-tux'-hip dept.

bigjnsa500 writes "Linux will be the main operating system for IBM's upcoming family of 'Blue Gene' supercomputers--a major endorsement for the operating system and the open-source computing model it represents. Blue Gene/L, the first member of the family, will contain 65,000 processors and 16 trillion bytes of memory. Due in 2004 or 2005, the system will be able to perform 200 trillion calculations per second. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will use the system for performing nuclear weapons simulations." Blue Gene has been announced for some time, but it's cool to see how it's shaping up.

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  1. Future use. by hampton2600 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When will these things be able to do my math homework for me.

    That's what I really want.

    Intelligent, high powered math book reading.

    Just a college kid's view though.

    -hampton.

    --
    "I don't want to start a holy war here..."
  2. Great... by Schmelter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great... now I have to get one.

    It better come with a good graphics accelerator.