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NASA Installs Linux Supercomputer

Posted by Cliff on from the penguins-exploring-the-ocean dept.

unassimilatible writes: "Federal Computer Week reports that NASA plans to study the ocean's future with the help of the world's first supercomputer of its kind to run on the Linux operating system. The new supercomputer -- an SGI AltixT 3000 single-system image supercomputer -- has been installed at the space agency's Ames Research Center in California."

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  1. Re:In other news..... by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shouldn't that be Daryl McBribe?

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  2. They should've waited... by Equis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It'll be obsolete by next Wednesday, especially the way prices have been falling on supercomputers lately...

  3. Well thats totally unexpected news, NOT! by PalmKiller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Like nasa scientists invented the beowulf cluster, doh!