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Cray's CX1 Desktop Supercomputer, Now For Sale

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @01:11AM from the was-promised-is-here dept.

ocularb0b writes "Cray has announced the CX1 desktop supercomputer. Cray teamed with Microsoft and Intel to build the new machine that supports up to 8 nodes, a total of 64 cores and 64Gb of memory per node. CX1 can be ordered online with starting prices of $25K, and a choice of Linux or Windows HPC. This should be a pretty big deal for smaller schools and scientists waiting in line for time on the world's big computing centers, as well as 3D and VFX shops."

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Yawn by Plekto · 2008-10-21 02:32 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Sixty replies, and still no wonder has speculated on the possibility of a Beowulf cluster? Changed days...
Seriously - is this a slow news day or what? It's a blade server-in-a-box. BT,DT, nothing new(and actually quite overpriced for what it is). The OP obviously didn't understand what they were looking at, and neither did the person who okayed this as being newsworthy.