Student and Professor Build Budget Supercomputer

Luke writes "This past winter Calvin College professor Joel Adams and then Calvin senior Tim Brom built Microwulf, a portable supercomputer with 26.25 gigaflops peak performance, that cost less than $2,500 to construct, becoming the most cost-efficient supercomputer anywhere that Adams knows of. "It's small enough to check on an airplane or fit next to a desk," said Brom. Instead of a bunch of researchers having to share a single Beowulf cluster supercomputer, now each researcher can have their own."

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Less powerful than other deskside machines?

[niceone]

This has 4 dual core CPUs - 8 cores. That's the same as a MacPro or Dual Quad code Xeon PC who's cores are more powerful and which have much better communication between CPUs. And they have cases ;)

So a Dual Quad core Xeon a super computer too?

Only Retards attempt a Supercomputer with AM2 Proc

[BaGGyGCX]

Only retards would attempt to build a super computer with the X2 3800 AM2 processors, most "sensible" computer users would use an Intel Core 2 Duo, as they are the leading processor at this current time and are by FAR cheaper performace:money wise. Not to mention they can overclock like mad!