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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. Will it be done in time for Quake 3? by swb · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ..and what video system are they putting in it?

  2. Now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    imagine a Beowulf cluster of these

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

    can you imagine a beowulf cluster of these ?

  4. Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...a beowulf cluster of one of those?

  5. 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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  6. Coincidence? by Quirk · · Score: 1, Redundant

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

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