On 1/24/2004 at 12:17 PM Anne Wilson wrote: >On Saturday 24 January 2004 12:12, Lanman wrote: >> >> You're kidding, right Aron? Just in case, I've provided you >> with a link. These super-computers make IBM mainframes look >> like 486's. They are every Tekno-Geek's wet dream. Kinda >> like dreaming about owning a Ferrari Enzo. Please tell me >> you're kidding? Grin! ? IIRC, Cray2 Supercomputers start at >> around 2 Billion U.S., and I seriously hope I'm wrong about >> that, otherwise the interest I'm earning on my hard-saved >> $300.00 will never be enough ! >> >> http://www.cray.com/ >> >Didn't I read recently that Beowulf clusters have now overtaken the >Cray in power and speed? > >Anne
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Anne; HHmmmm, you may have a point, but here's a snip about their new "Entry-Level" supercomputers from The Register; I Quote; "This year will mark Cray's effort to package its Red Storm supercomputer for a wider audience. The system will run on hundreds of AMD's Opteron processors and, according to the investor documents, be upgraded in 2005 with the Strider 2 system and then again in 2006 with Strider 3." I love it when someone uses the words "hundreds" and "Opterons" in one sentence to describe ONE System. Betcha those suckers would be fast enough for a Linux desktop! Grin! IIRC, Cray2's ( or the current equivalent ) are custom built for each client, and again, IIRC, they've only built 3 or 4 of them. NASA, the CIA, and Wall Street each have one, and those are the only ones I know of. HMMmm, wonder if they could be used as an online Solitaire "Gaming" server? Multi-Player Solitaire anyone? Grin! (Kinda defeats the purpose of Solitaire, don't it? ) Lanman
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