Mac Supercomputer: Fast, Cheap
The brand new "Big Mac" supercomputer at Virginia Tech could be the second most powerful supercomputer on the planet, according to preliminary numbers.
Early benchmarks of Virginia Tech's brand new supercomputer -- which is strung together from 1,100 dual-processor Power Mac G5s -- may vault the machine into second place in the rankings of the worlds' fastest supercomputers, second only to Japan's monstrously big and expensive Earth Simulator....more [Wired]
Fast I figired, but cheap, a Mac! I am sure that Michael Dell is sitting in his office figuring out how to top this one. I also expect that the Windows whiners will try and say that the test was rigged...mj
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