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SGI to Scale Linux Across 1024 CPUs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-chips dept.

im333mfg writes "ComputerWorld has an article up about an upcoming SGI Machine, being built for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, "that will run a single Linux operating system image across 1,024 Intel Corp. Itanium 2 processors and 3TB of shared memory.""

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  1. wow... by jms258 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these ?

  2. Clusters... by avalys · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was going to ask why not just build a cluster instead. Then, the Slashdot herd mentality took hold, and this thought crossed my mind:

    "My god, imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!"

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  3. Coincidence? by Quirk · · Score: 1, Redundant

    First Doom 3 now this... coincidence? I don't think so.

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