Who would take your bet? With $50B I could maybe orchestrate a leveraged buy out of oh, say, Microsoft. I don't grok spending that on one computer complex. That is approximately NASA's budget for the ISS over 30 years (Wiki says $70B in current dollars). Peter
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Ellis H. Wilson III <[email protected]>wrote: > On 02/28/2014 12:49 PM, Douglas Eadline wrote: > >> >> If you have some time, have a listen to this prodcast from >> HPC Wire where Nicole Hemsoth interviews some guy who claims >> he will have an exascale system by the end of the year, using 1000 MW >> of fuel cells and funding of $50 billion from the foreign currency >> arbitrage industry. And let's not forget the Exabyte of storage for good >> measure. >> >> "Meet the Man Who Says He's Building the First Exascale System...in 2014" >> >> http://www.hpcwire.com/soundbite/meet-man-building- >> 2014-exascale-computer/ >> >> Well at least somebody going to sell a lot of kit. >> > > Where can we place our bets? > > ellis > > -- > Ph.D. Candidate > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > The Pennsylvania State University > www.ellisv3.com > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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