Cray XT-3 Ships

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 25, 2004 @07:32PM from the and-they-mean-ships dept.

anzha writes "Cray's XT-3 has shipped. Using AMD's Opteron processor, it scales to a total of 30,580 CPUs. The starting price is $2 million for a 200 processor system. One of its strongest advantages over the std linux cluster is that it has an excellent interconnect built by Cray. Sandia National Labs and Oak Ridge National Labs are among the very first customers. Read more here."

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imagine a... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-25 19:35 · Score: 5, Funny

single node of those.
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I'll pass for now. by mrjb · 2004-10-25 19:37 · Score: 3, Funny

This is only the XT-3. I'll wait for the Pentium-3-4.

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1. Re:I'll pass for now. by Pleione · 2004-10-25 20:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Don't you mean "AT/ATX"?
we're getting closer... by nilbog · 2004-10-25 19:37 · Score: 5, Funny

A few more years of advances like this and we might have a machine capable of running Longhorn!

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1. Re:we're getting closer... by metlin · 2004-10-25 19:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Ahh, now that's what I call an optimist.
2. Re:we're getting closer... by NanoGator · 2004-10-25 20:05 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  "A few more years of advances like this and we might have a machine capable of running Longhorn!"
  
  A few more years of computer advances and this joke will still be modded funny!
  
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$2 million for a computer? by commodoresloat · 2004-10-25 19:37 · Score: 3, Funny

It better have a lot of good games. How many mouse buttons does it have?
I can't believe people complain about the price of iMacs....
1. Re:$2 million for a computer? by Klar · 2004-10-25 22:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  How many mouse buttons does it have?
  Please.. it doesn't have any.. it just *knows* what you want to do before you *know* what you want to do..
  
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The first test of the new Cray by teamhasnoi · 2004-10-25 20:02 · Score: 3, Funny

they simulated a woman who posts to Slashdot and is waiting for her Centris running PearPC on Debian to boot OS X.
Strangely, it took roughly a week. The second test was a simulation of the moderation results of this post.
It received a +5 Funny, which puzzled researchers, as it is currently modded -1 Offtopic.
Damn you Schroedinger!
Not even trying... by F'Nok · 2004-10-25 20:26 · Score: 1, Funny

Using AMD's Opteron processor, it scales to a total of 30,580 CPUs.

They must be in a rush to market... Clearly the target was to have 32,768 CPU's.

I mean, what the hell am I going to do with only 30,580 CPU's?!
Re:My new dream toy by Guppy06 · 2004-10-25 21:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Maybe if you included promises of free iPods...
Re:cray by Fred_A · 2004-10-25 21:52 · Score: 2, Funny

It seems to be really lacking in the blinkenlight department though.

What good is a supercomputer without blinkenlights ? They just don't make them like they used to...

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Re:Just the name brings back memories by LiquidCoooled · 2004-10-25 21:59 · Score: 2, Funny

There are two prominent applications for these machines.

Wrong! There is a third, more used application: Solitare.

Even super computer coders have to wait for results.

I also asked this recently, but didn't get a reasonable answer, do these beasts have screen savers? if so, Are they just blackout type, or busy 3d rendered whizbang super cool ones "Just because we can"?

(I realise you may not be able to answer that, but someone might)

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Re:So......the cost compared to? by ozbird · 2004-10-25 22:29 · Score: 2, Funny

There's not a lot to compare. We're talking apples and oranges.

No, we're talking Apples and Crays... Didn't you read the post before replying? ;-)
Re:scary thought by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-25 22:41 · Score: 1, Funny

how would you accelerate the aging of a warhead?

Just give it a couple of little baby warheads to look after.
Re:How big is it? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-25 22:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Dimensions (cabinet): H 80.50 in. (2045 mm)
Wow... for the first time in my life, I couldn't picture 80 inches, but I could 2 meters. I think there may be hope in the metric system afterall.
700kgs, 75dB and 14kW... by Alkonaut · 2004-10-25 23:09 · Score: 4, Funny

...Sadly I think that beats my Volkswagen on all three
What?? no usb? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-25 23:17 · Score: 1, Funny

Where do i plug my 128 usb pendrive to store
results from my computations... :)
Finally ... by Zurd3 · 2004-10-25 23:29 · Score: 2, Funny

We'll be able now to install Gentoo in just a few days !
Re:Just the name brings back memories by capmilk · 2004-10-25 23:57 · Score: 2, Funny

During the times of no activity what does it do?
It creates random noise that is then fed into the Seti project so our computers have something to do in times without activity.
Yeah, it's gotta be awful by thegnu · 2004-10-26 00:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Last time I bought a Cray super-computer, I was kicking myself for weeks about the 2 million dollars I wasted.

Next time, I'm just gonna build a beowulf cluster out of 200 overclocked AMD Barton 2500s. I shall NOT be suckered again!

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1. Re:Yeah, it's gotta be awful by minus9 · 2004-10-26 01:29 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I've got a bag full of thinnet coax you can have, complete with T pieces, you might have to find your own terminators though.
Re:Just the name brings back memories by droleary · 2004-10-26 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny

There are two prominent applications for these machines. The first is nuclear weapons simulation. Personally, I don't see the point to that.

Well, when you nuke the site from orbit, you do want to be sure don't you?