On 1/24/2004 at 7:35 AM Lanman wrote: >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
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Yup! I was right! There have been a "few" upgrades since the Cray2! Found a link which shows some of the past/present systems. Very Not Bad! Now I know where ThermalTake got their inspirations from! http://tergestesoft.com/~eddysworld/bfeat_04.htm HHmmmm! Wonder what their on-site tech support response times are like? <g> Pant! Pant! Drool! Lanman
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
