They seem to be developing a line of machines. I assume
the $1000 price is for the low-end machine and the 10^11
BIPS rating is for the high-end machine. It would be interesting
to see the BIPS of the low-end and the price of the high-end
machines.
Brian Beuning
Gary Diehl wrote:
> I thought this was interesting...
>
> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/15/supercomp.idg/index.html
>
> If you don't have time to read it, here are some quotes:
>
> "Within 18 months, you may be able to put the equivalent of today's
> supercomputer on your desktop--for about $1000"
>
> "The new computer will be able to process 100 billion instructions per
> second, according to Kent Gilson, chief technical officer of Star Bridge
> Systems."
>
> "HAL-300GrW1, a "hypercomputer" that is said to be 60,000 times as fast
> as a 350-MHz Pentium, and many times as fast as IBM's supercomputer
> Pacific Blue."
>
> ...
>
> Goodness, if we could get one of these for GIMPS...
>
> Gary Diehl
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