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Cray Unveils Its First GPU Supercomputer

Posted by Unknown on from the runs-quake-at-ten-billion-fps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Supercomputer giant Cray has lifted the lid on its first GPU offering, bringing it into the realm of top supers like the Chinese Tianhe-1A" The machine consists of racks of blades, each with eight GPU and CPU pairs (that can even be installed into older machines). It looks like Cray delayed the release of hardware using GPUs to work on a higher level programming environment than is available from other vendors.

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  1. So now... by bmo · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...I can mine all the remaining bitcoins and corner the market!

    Oh wait, it's just a pump-and-dump(mtgox) money laundering(silkroad) scam.

    Nevermind then.

    --
    BMO

  2. Chinese computer dick waving by The+O+Rly+Factor · · Score: -1, Troll

    Great to see that Cray is joining in on getting a slice of the money IBM is raking in through providing computing products to the USA vs. China dick waving competition over who has the faster supercomputers.

    Nothing but a complete moneypit if we have no actual experiments to run on them that require that kind of scale. It's no different than watching 15 year olds argue about which of their desktops can play Call of Duty at a better framerate.