arstechnica.com — Virginia Tech's Center for High-End Computing System (CHECS) is famous for building a 1100-node, G5-based supercomputing cluster in 2003 called System X. At the time it was built, it ranked as the third fastest supercomputer in the world with a sustained performance of just over 12 teraflops. The CHECS is building a new cluster, this time using 324
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armandomJul 26, 2008
tcpip4lyfe:How about if the mac is provided to me by my job? Then is it ok to install Windows on it? Or am I still breaking the rules of what's pointless and what's not?I'd hate to be the one to push you over the edge, I'll uninstall it if you'd like me to.
angelbunnyJul 26, 2008
they are most likely using these mac pros: <a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/xserve/">http://www.apple.com/xserve/</a>
angelbunnyJul 26, 2008
they probably are and the author of the article doesn't know what he/she is talking about.I quote, "Upgrading System X with current, Xeon-based Xserves would result in an 8800-core monster that could push as much as 100 Tflops".1) a mac pro is 8 cores: 324x8=2,5922) an nvidia tesle cranks out around 200 tflops for 1 graphics card.if the author is this ignorant about that then I doubt they even know what xserve is.
requiem3Jul 26, 2008
That comment is an epic battle of diggs and buries.Will moral douchebags win? Or will the internet once again shamelessly triumph, so far it has 32 more diggs than buries. GO INTERWEBZ
arbitrarytaskJul 27, 2008
tera-floping on the floor after being shot by a chinamen
rdldr1Jul 28, 2008
I can run Leopard on my PC. Whats the point in buying a Mac when I can run it on my PC?
Closed AccountJul 29, 2008
Best comment EVAR.
beforeaprioriAug 26, 2008
If I could multi task my porn on a dozen monitors with a dozen windows all running in High def of even better 4k, that would be awesome and all the internet in the world couldn't help. No matter where you get it, everything has to be processed.
roostersheepAug 4, 2009
Happy belated Birthday, Mr. Meme.
doebob11Sep 24, 2009
Dead thread is dead.
yurimxpxmanDec 17, 2009
f**k you, two of my friends died reviving this thread!
rain12913Jan 30, 2010
This needs to stop.
protocoldroidJun 3, 2010
Hey I'm here.