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HPC/Super Computers
« on: November 09, 2007, 10:22:44 pm »
http://www.nyse.com/interface/jsp/NHDetail.jsp?RequestID=2&pageID=NewsHeadlines&sid=ON%2011/09%2018&isdowjones=true
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This week, the company unveiled its next-generation machine, called the Cray XT5 family, combining off-the-shelf chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ( AMD) with Cray's proprietary vector designs, called Black Widow and so-called field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Those chips are designed for specific applications for customers, and can perform certain tasks faster than general- purpose chips. Some customers want to mix and max these types of systems.

Also this year the world largest computer will be built using AMD native quad core CPU chips as well.

See attached video file on the XT5 and XT5H.

*While we crash and burn, small, low tech, agrarian societies such as the Hmong in the mountains of Laos will continue on without so much as blinking an eye.*

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Re: HPC/Super Computers
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2007, 10:38:47 pm »
Opps...forgot the video!

*While we crash and burn, small, low tech, agrarian societies such as the Hmong in the mountains of Laos will continue on without so much as blinking an eye.*