[ale] Linux may rule the Super Computer list....

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Oct 28 15:48:36 EDT 2004


It would help if the repoter could get the numbers right. Each altix
houses 512 Itanium2 processors, not the 10,240, the total system count.

SGI is making some hardware to drool over.

I've been slobering over a 12p Origin 2000 rack on eBay. My wiser,
better half has vhemently vetoed it.

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 15:38, Jim Lynch wrote:
> If we make the cut, we might be the first Linux powered Super Computer 
> to be at the top of the Linpack list.
> 
> http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3427321
> 
> Incidently, the latest number is 51+ Terraflops.  The smaller number 
> mentioned in the article was with only a part of the systems running.
> 
> 
> Claimer.  I have an interest in this company.  8)
> Jim.
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