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Cray CTO: Linux clusters don't play in HPC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you'd-think-he-should-know dept.

jagger writes "Linux clustering was touted as the next big thing by many vendors last week at ClusterWorld Conference & Expo 2004. But supercomputer vendor Cray Inc. scoffed at the notion of putting Linux clusters in the high-performance computing (HPC) category. "Despite assertions made by Linux vendors, a Linux cluster is not a high performance computer," said Dr. Paul Terry, CTO of Cray Canada."

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  1. Re:Where's Grammar Nazi? by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is probably what you are striving for.

    My goodness, it is you who need the nazi.

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