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Cray Wins $52 Million Supercomputer Contract

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-big-thing dept.

The Interfacer writes "Cray and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science announced that Cray has won the contract to install a next-generation supercomputer at the DOE's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). The systems and multi-year services contract, valued at over $52 million, includes delivery of a Cray massively parallel processor supercomputer, code-named 'Hood.'"

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  1. Just anounced by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hood is within specs for Vista. A big relief for Cray since they weren't sure it'd meet memmory specs for Vista.

    1. Re:Just anounced by Bruce+McBruce · · Score: 4, Funny

      With those 39 terabytes of memory, they might set their sights on the stuff dreams are made of - Vista Premium.

    2. Re:Just anounced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It isn't too hard to find a video card with 128 millibits of video RAM

  2. Let's just hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That the DOE isn't hoodwinked by using such an energy consuming device to research energy consumption.

  3. Pinky... by Null+Nihils · · Score: 2, Funny

    are you pondering what I'm pondering?

    I think so, Brain! NERSC! POIT!

    1. Re:Pinky... by Verity_Crux · · Score: 4, Funny

      are you pondering what I'm pondering?

      I think so, Brain, but how do we get that many processors into a pair of rubber pants?

  4. Why Cray doesnt sell by free+space · · Score: 5, Funny
    The system uses thousands of AMD Opteron processors...


    Because of it's power requirements, Cray's only possible customer was the Department of Energy :)

  5. Vista will come early by free+space · · Score: 1, Funny

    Overheard at Microsoft:

    Boss1: Cray has developed a computer that actually runs Vista fast

    Boss2: I see, let's remove that "optimization" box from the gantt chart then..

    Boss1: But customers will compain that they can't afford to buy a supercomputer

    Boss2: What? it runs AMD! how can it be expensive....those morons

  6. Hood? by nsushkin · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's named "Hood"? What are they going to calculate, protein folding in ice cream? ;)

    1. Re:Hood? by Duhavid · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, the answer to the question: Prinz Eugen or Bizmark.

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  7. Re:Cray "getting it" might let them come back. by NixLuver · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA:

    "The system uses thousands of AMD Opteron processors running tuned, light-weight operating system kernels and interfaced to Cray's unique SeaStar network."

    That's a cluster.

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  8. specmarks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Back in the day, one of the selling points of the soon to be released Cray 3 was that it was so fast, it could do an infinite loop in only 4 days! How have things progressed since '91:: Does an infinite loop only take a day or few hours now?

  9. Possible Use by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Hood supercomputer at NERSC will consist of over 19,000 AMD Opteron 2.6-gigahertz processor cores...

    The Ultimate Gaming Machine!!!

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  10. Hood? by Tavor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will it be promptly sunk by the a German supercomputer named Bismark?

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