Cray XD1 Now Available

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 5, 2004 @02:52AM from the for-the-small-country-that-has-everything dept.

cyngus writes "Cray announced the availability of their XD1 systems. Each XD1 chassis has up to 12 AMD Operton processors. Up to 12 chassis can be clustered together in a rack. The XD1 uses Cray RapidArray Interconnect technology, based on HyperTransport, for high bandwidth and low latency communications between processors and chassises. The XD1 also has a handful of other technologies aimed at the HPC market, including Xilinx FPGAs, communications accelerators, etc."

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Not the top end by Oculus+Habent · 2004-10-05 02:53 · Score: 4, Funny

It would take sixty racks of these to best the Earth Simulator's theoretical peak; more than 60% more processors.

Still, if they need someone to, uh, test one...

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Re:Banning Fun by Doc+Ruby · 2004-10-05 02:59 · Score: 2, Funny

" this is a chance to hunt them down ". Go get 'em, tiger!

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Sheesh...what happened to Cray? by ferkelparade · 2004-10-05 03:00 · Score: 5, Funny

A Cray is not a true Cray unless it can be used as a stylish sofa :p

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1. Re:Sheesh...what happened to Cray? by 14erCleaner · 2004-10-05 03:18 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  That must be why Cray Computer failed, although the Cray-3 did make an attractive armrest.
  
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Operton? by ari_j · 2004-10-05 03:00 · Score: 3, Funny

So, is the Operton more or less powerful than the Opteron?

Also, mandatory: imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.
1. Re:Operton? by nomadic · 2004-10-05 03:19 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  So, is the Operton more or less powerful than the Opteron?
  
  Also, mandatory: imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.
  
  Don't you mean Bewoulf?
2. Re:Operton? by Kehvarl · 2004-10-05 06:53 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  It could outshine my Tolkein Ring.
Re:Find the Fake Ad? by cyngus · 2004-10-05 03:04 · Score: 2, Funny

Hey jack nuts, I posted this. I like Cray, because I think companies that put a lot of thought into their product and make great ones deserve a cheering section. Of course you're a BC kid, so I'll forgive you, we (BU) spanks you enough in hockey to let you have a shot here and there.
Must.. get.. ridiculously.. powerful.. device.. by phyruxus · 2004-10-05 03:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Dogbert: So, what does it do?
Dilbert: I can compute many values of pi. Some people discuss areas of circles, but I'm doing something about it!

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Not chassises by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-05 03:09 · Score: 1, Funny

The plural of chassis is chassis. This Gollum thing on /. is going too far.
Still waiting for... by koehn · 2004-10-05 03:18 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm still waiting for Cray to ship their pen-based system...
... wait for it ...
Crayola!
1. Re:Still waiting for... by mapmaker · 2004-10-05 05:54 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  If they used Opteron processors in it I'd imagine they'd call it the Crayon. No trademark issues that way either...
Coincidence? by JediTrainer · 2004-10-05 03:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Id releases Doom 3 for Linux, Cray announces availability of new supercomputer.

Dare we say, we've finally actually found the hardware that can run this game?

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In other news... by glMatrixMode · 2004-10-05 03:30 · Score: 3, Funny

... the Gentoo Chief Marketing Officer made the following statement :

"We welcome the Cray XD1 as the first platform on which Gentoo installs in less than 12 hours. Looking forward to renaming Gentoo to 'One-Click-Linux'. Stay tuned !"

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Hmmm.... by Dracolytch · 2004-10-05 03:33 · Score: 2, Funny

I guess the chickens win after all.

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Pah! by mollymoo · 2004-10-05 03:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Loads of Opterons? Who cares if GFX card is teh sux? Cray are a bunch of noobs. I bet it doesn't even have neon fans! You'll never get the chix showing them your 1337 skillz in CS with that heap of junk.

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