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SeaMicro Unveils 512 Atom-Based Server

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-stop-there dept.

1sockchuck writes "Stealthy startup SeaMicro has unveiled its new low-power server, which incorporates 512 Intel Atom CPUs, a load balancer and interconnection fabric into a 10u server. SeaMicro, which received a $9.3 million government grant from DOE to develop its technology, says its server uses less than 2 kilowatts of energy — suggesting that a single rack with four SeaMicro units and 2,048 CPUs could draw just 8 kilowatts of power. Check out the technical overview, plus additional coverage from Wired, GigaOm and VentureBeat."

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  1. Vitual center by steelcobra · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow. Just think how many servers you could run in VMWare on that. A hundred would be a decent functional number.

  2. Am I the only one who.... by mark-t · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...misread the headline as saying that somebody had made a server out of only 512 atoms (as in the particle, not the cpu)?

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  3. Is Mr CmdrTaco high today? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Before it was Fifth Grade Kindergardeners, now it's Atom/Molecule sized Intel Atom processors? :smoketheweed:

  4. Imagine a beowulf cluster of... by Chas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, wait. Nevermind.

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  5. For their next trick by polaris20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're going to power a Ferrari out of 34.5 Vespa scooter engines.

    1. Re:For their next trick by by+(1706743) · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or power a motorcycle with 24 chainsaw engines.

  6. Re:What's the "bang for the buck"? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Depends on your storage medium. A hogshead'sfull of class-6 SD cards will be nice and zippy. If your enterprise data pedlar stiffs you with a bunch of class-2s, it'll take a lot longer.

  7. Disappointed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did anyone else get disappointed when after reading the summary, they found out it wasn't about nano-technology?