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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. Re:Hood? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey - fuck you, bitch-ass white boy. Back away from those copies of San Andreas, Friday, Barber Shop, & Boyz in the Hood, and shut the fuck up.

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  2. Mod parent down by Majik+Sheff · · Score: 0, Troll

    See reply to first reply for confession of karma-whoring troll

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  3. Codename "Hood" by runlevel+5 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Real name "SkyNet"

  4. Just think by Slithe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of ... oh wait!

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  5. Re:Just anounced by bergeron76 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is the DOE such a major American Government Organization? What have they provided the American people with in lieu of our upcoming $5 / Gallon Gasoline (after the Perdhoe pipeline gets shut down)?

    And why is the DHS (which failed miserably during Katrina) more prevalent/widely-known?

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