Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Cray Supercomputers to be Based on AMD Opterons

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the all-eggs-in-one-basket dept.

PsychicX writes "AMD and Cray have announced an agreement to base Cray supercomputers on AMD's Opteron line until the end of the decade, and to collaborate on Cray's 2006 proposal for Phase 3 of the federal government's DARPA HPCS (High Productivity Computing Systems) program. Cray already offers the XT3 and XD1 supercomputers based on Opteron."

1 of 197 comments (clear)

  1. Put on your tinfoil hats... by dada21 · · Score: 0, Troll


    I'm not sure that the geek factor surpasses the conspiracy concern factor here. DARPA shares most of its resources with the NSA (through the NSF-DARPA-NSA consortium). Hell, DARPA.MIL almost says enough.

    I'm sure Intel has its own paws in milspec work, but AMD seems to be proud of helping spy on its citizens. Or did you think HPCS was focused on DNA deciphering?