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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: sime on 28 August 2003, 11:19

Title: Yum, Yum ....
Post by: sime on 28 August 2003, 11:19
Bet you can't build one of these with MickeySoft Windows...

http://www.pnl.gov/news/2003/03-33.htm (http://www.pnl.gov/news/2003/03-33.htm)

"The PNNL system is the world?s fastest supercomputer based on the Linux operating system and is the largest machine ever built using Intel?s 64-bit architecture."

This little honey runs @ 11.8 Terraflops... COOL!

Sime
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Post by: Stryker on 28 August 2003, 11:49
quote:
Originally posted by sime:
Bet you can't build one of these with MickeySoft Windows...


of course not, you are only allowed to have 2 processors with windows.
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Post by: madluther on 28 August 2003, 23:35
Some more info on the same machine.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112225,00.asp (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112225,00.asp)

Regards.

Mad.
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Post by: erosnemesis on 28 August 2003, 23:42
Can someone tell me what a terraflop is???? if that is hella fast 11.8 is a fuck load
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Post by: flap on 29 August 2003, 00:07
1 terraflop = 1 trillion floating point operations per second
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Post by: Fett101 on 29 August 2003, 00:46
quote:
Originally posted by Stryker:
of course not, you are only allowed to have 2 processors with windows.


NT and XP support 2 CPUs. Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition supports up to 8.
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Post by: TheQuirk on 29 August 2003, 02:08
And really, Windows is not designed for that.
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Post by: Laukev7 on 29 August 2003, 02:46
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

Oh, wait, this isn't Slashdot.
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Post by: TheQuirk on 29 August 2003, 02:49
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7: Defender of Canada:
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

Oh, wait, this isn't Slashdot.


Ha ha, I get it.

I guess. Everybody, stop with the Slashdot crap.
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Post by: mark232 on 31 August 2003, 21:13
Judgement day is Near....hahahahah.... Attack of the killer mouse.....lol
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Post by: billy_gates on 31 August 2003, 21:34
here is a supercomputer of G5's... estimated to be 10 teraflops..... soooooooo close
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/virginiatech.html (http://www.thinksecret.com/news/virginiatech.html)
1100 dual 2gh g5's
I wonder if they will use OSX?