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Purdue Plans a 1-Day Supercomputer "Barnraising"

Posted by timothy on from the bring-some-ethernet-and-some-lemonade dept.

An anonymous reader points out an article which says that "Purdue University says it will only need one day to install the largest supercomputer on a Big Ten campus. The so-called 'electronic barn-raising' will take place May 5 and involved more than 200 employees. The computer will be about the size of a semi trailer. Vice President for Information Technology at Purdue Gerry McCartney says it will be built in a single day to keep science and engineering researchers from facing a lengthy downtime." Another anonymous reader adds "To generate interest on campus, the organizers created a spoof movie trailer called 'Installation Day.'"

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  1. Dumb by Spazmania · · Score: 3, Insightful

    built in a single day to keep science and engineering researchers from facing a lengthy downtime

    Sounds like poor planning to me. The correct way to keep science and engineering researchers from facing a lengthy downtime: don't turn off the old computer until the new one is running and tested.

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  2. Grammar Nazi says: by siphonophore · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The singular of "megaflops" is not "megaflop".

    //pet peeve

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