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Cray's CX1 Desktop Supercomputer, Now For Sale

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Nice Specs by mythandros · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it get Crysis up over 15 fps?

    1. Re:Nice Specs by u38cg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sixty replies, and still no wonder has speculated on the possibility of a Beowulf cluster? Changed days...

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  2. Yet... by hyperz69 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It still can't play Crysis Maxed!

    1. Re:Yet... by Big+Nothing · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, but at least it can run Vista with most of the bells and whistles turned on.

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  3. Re:You'll need one hell of a desk by GAB_cyclist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy two, get a desk-on-top

  4. Desktop? Where's the notebook? by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 5, Funny

    When they package this as a notebook or netbook (at an attractive price), I'll be interested.

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  5. Horsepower by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, Microsoft had to do something to create demand for the next version of Windows. Not much of a market for an OS where people need to book time at their neighborhood super collider when they need to edit a document.

    Probably makes one hell of a spam node too!

    1. Re:Horsepower by westlake · · Score: 2, Funny
      Vista's MINIMUM memory requirement is 512 megs.
      Windows 2000's recommended minimum was 64 megs.

      .
      The real-world hardware requirements for a Windows OS have always been those of a mid-priced system at the time of its release.

      Tell me why an OS shouldn't be making use of resources as they become available and cheap.

      I have never understood the Geek's obsession with RAM.

      You would think he had been raised under the warm glow of a vacuum tube and threaded core for his Mom as a child.

      The 8 GB 64 Bit Vista Premium Quad Core PC at Walmart.com starts at $1000.

      For $1500 you can have it all: 64-Bit Vista, 8 GB RAM, the quad core CPU, Blu-Ray, HDTV, the 1 GB NVIDIA DX10 card, 1 TB of storage, etc, etc, etc.

      Tech that was no more available in W2k's prime than a flying car - except perhaps to the Dot.com billionaire who sold out before the bust.

      with all the sloppy inefficient programming, feature bloat, and generally craptastic work that goes into the ongoing, illogical, disuseful, nightmare that is MS Word

      Current versions of MS Office and Office components hold 8 of the top 25 Business Software slots at Amazon.com.

      Office Home & Student for Windows and the Mac are 1 & 2 overall.

      It has become a geek mob sport to flood Amazon.com with negative reviews - to no effect whatever on sales.

  6. More like Apple by ehaggis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps to enhance their marketing, they can offer the computer in CrayOn colors (like Apple's iMac colors). Cray Gray, Big Iron Gray, Super Computing Gray, Gray, Gray Passion, etc..

    Remember, you can order any color - as long as it is gray.

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  7. Re:Speed limit by Cutie+Pi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but it's easier if just you hit the "Turbo" button.

  8. Re:You'll need one hell of a desk by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    My girlfriend weighs that much, so I'm pretty sure my desk can handle it.

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  9. Re:You'll need one hell of a desk by snspdaarf · · Score: 5, Funny

    And, the computer won't be on a desk in reverse cowboy. Plus, it's a static load.

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  10. Obligatory by ozbon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a beowolf cluster of these!

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  11. Overpriced? by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Funny

    That thing looks mean! I'd pay 25k to be the only person in the office with one of those.

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  12. Re:You'll need one hell of a desk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    you're not supposed to inflate her with water

  13. Re:But... by gzipped_tar · · Score: 2, Funny
    obligatory bash.org quote: http://bash.org/?832291

    Far2Paranoid: Knew this guy in HS
    Far2Paranoid: Built a box with 2x 350Mhz Pentium2, back in '98
    Far2Paranoid: The trick was, filled his bathtub w/ glycerin
    Far2Paranoid: Took apart a mini-fridge and used the coils to cool the glycerin to ~40F
    Far2Paranoid: Then sunk the box so he could OC the CPUs to 1.3Ghz
    Far2Paranoid: Coolest shit I've ever seen.
    AlbinoChpmnk: If this was sitting in his tub, how did he shower?
    Far2Paranoid: After what I just said, what makes you think he showered?

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  14. Re:You'll need one hell of a desk by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Funny

    it's a static load.

    That's what SHE said!

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