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96 Processors Under Your Desktop

Posted by Hemos on from the build-your-own-small-cluster dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "A small Santa Clara-based company, Orion Multisystems, today unveils a new concept in computing, 'cluster workstations.' In October, you'll be able to choose between a 12-processor unit for less than $10,000 or a 96-processor system for less than $100,000. These new systems are powered by Efficeon processor from Transmeta and are running Fedora Linux version 2.6.6. Apparently, this new company has friends in the industry. You already can read articles in CNET News.com ("A renaissance for the workstation?"), the New York Times ("A PC That Packs Real Power, and All Just for Me," free registration, permanent link) and the Wall Street Journal ("Orion Sees Gold in Moribund Workstations," paid registration). The company is targeting engineers, life scientists and movie animators. It's too early to know if the company can be successful, but I would certainly have to get one of these systems under my desk. In this overview, I've picked the essential details from the three stories mentioned above."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t w00t

  2. 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ha ha ha

  3. Oh no by zr-rifle · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here come the fucking jokes

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    Hack your mind out of its sandbox.
  4. Imagine by Joecuba · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!!!111!1!!!

  5. Beware by LeGarcia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If all those rumors that Linux does not exist were true... you would be getting into some strange digital nirvana when the performance of a 12 uProc blazed in your face. No return after crossing that line.

  6. so how much?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cince Roland Pickapale obviousally PAID someone at slashdot to accept his submissions so he can drive people to his insanely LAME blog designed only to sell ad's.

    So Taco, how much? and where is the webpage that tells us how much for each story I can be guarenteed to have posted to slashdot??

  7. Somebody hang the moderator! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And burn the corpse!

  8. Mr. Bucket, put your balls in my mouth. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The first to get their balls into Mr. Bucket wins!

  9. deeply by evil_one666 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    deeply deepy cool

  10. Re:yeah but by wed128 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the official release said that ID was leaving multiplayer up to the MOD community. Lame i know, but it's an excuse.