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Cell-based Server Blade Demonstrated

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the showing-it-off dept.

slashflood writes "Only a few clients in a hotel room near Los Angeles had the chance to see the first Cell based server blade running Linux 2.6.11. 'We demonstrated the prototype to show that Cell continues to mature. The product is expected to have several times higher performance compared to conventional servers,' said an IBM engineer."

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  1. Great by pHatidic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we'll have to put up with people's web servers ringing in movie theaters.

  2. huh? by TimeForGuinness · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only a few clients in a hotel room near Los Angeles had the chance to see the first Cell based server blade running Linux 2.6.11.

    sounds like a drug deal going down.

    1. Re:huh? by mix_master_mike · · Score: 1, Funny

      Not a drug deal - this was an illegal exchange of human embryonic stem cells.

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    2. Re:huh? by TimeForGuinness · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not a drug deal - this was an illegal exchange of human embryonic stem cells.

      lol. that's right,it's in LA. Maybe they were looking for a cure for Arnold's tumor.

      [Arnold voice] IT'S NOT A TOOMOR!!! [/Arnold voice]

  3. Now we just need to ask it tough questions! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe we'll get better answers than "42".

    I wonder if anyone knows how close we are to the power of the human brain yet.

    1. Re:Now we just need to ask it tough questions! by UniverseIsADoughnut · · Score: 3, Funny

      42.0

      Got to use the floating point power.

    2. Re:Now we just need to ask it tough questions! by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 4, Funny

      41.999987448205

      Intel Inside (the warning, NOT the logo!~)

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    3. Re:Now we just need to ask it tough questions! by admactanium · · Score: 2, Funny
      So, your computer should be more powerful than your brain by 2030.

      with the handy process of "aging" i think i can actually meet that goal earlier if the computer and i just agree to meet in the middle.

    4. Re:Now we just need to ask it tough questions! by mrselfdestrukt · · Score: 3, Funny

      So, your computer should be more powerful than your brain by 2030.

      Dude,
      By 2030 my potplant will be smarter than my brain.
      Oh, the tragedy of alcohol abuse and growing old...

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      "I used to have that really cool,funny sig ,but it got stolen."
    5. Re:Now we just need to ask it tough questions! by sentientbeing · · Score: 3, Funny

      My brain only thinks about 2 things. Either food or sex.

      It must run a Reduced Instruction Set.

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  4. That's odd... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We demonstrated the prototype to show that Cell continues to mature..."

    ...I thought Gohan killed Cell?

  5. Re:IBM should seed Cell Processors to Linux clubs. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    'They could call the program "Cellular Automata."'

    Marvin: Life; Don't talk to me about life.

  6. Re:I'm just curious by krautcanman · · Score: 2, Funny

    7) Multiple cores in multiple CPUs
    7) Multiple cores in multiple CPUs in a grid
    8) ..what next?

    Profit!!!!!!!
    Actually, you have two sevens, 8) should read: 9) Profit!!!!!!!

  7. What you sayin'? by HiggsBison · · Score: 3, Funny
    Using a two-tier or three-tier approach to client/server architecture, with something like a full-duplex GigE connection to fat, diskless clients and you have some real potential.

    Maybe it's late, but am I the only one who thought he was saying that IBM had "fat, dickless, clients"?

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  8. and here I thought... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    they were talking about biological computers.

    oh well, maybe next time!

  9. Re:I don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, unless the said word processor has something like Clippy.

  10. Re:I don't get it by SnowZero · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, I frequently run a word processor on my rack of blade servers you insensitive clod! I'm hoping clippy will be self aware soon...

  11. Re:I don't get it by Maserati · · Score: 2, Funny

    That reminds me, I need to order a fire axe with an insulated handle for the server room.

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    Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1992-1951
  12. PS3 = 1% of Human Brain by mattcoz · · Score: 1, Funny

    According to Sony that is, and they would never lie about their specs.

  13. IBM sucks! by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are ruining our "Yeah, but can it run Linux?" jokes by going right ahead and using it in their first demos!

    1. Re:IBM sucks! by iapetus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Even worse - with so many SPEs, they're even making 'Imagine a Beowulf cluster...' comments redundant. And because it has two Cells, two sets of RAM etc, they've made snide remarks about dupes redunant too.

      The only consolation is that with this new processor, Dragonball Z 'Perfect Cell' jokes will never get old.

      Oh, wait...

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  14. Re:I'm just curious by diabolus-ex-machina · · Score: 2, Funny

    7) Multiple cores in multiple CPUs in a grid
    8) ..what next?

    A Beowulf cluster of those, of course !