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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
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Virginia Tech to upgrade supercomputer to Xserve G5: "The new system, which went online toward the end of last year and which Virginia Tech said was the most powerful supercomputer at any university in the world at the time, will be completed by May. By moving to the thinner servers, the supercomputer will consume less power and generate less heat [...] The price of the upgrade has not yet settled on, but Varadarajan said it would be minimal compared to the cost of building a new supercomputer from scratch." [The Macintosh News Network] This was to be expected. The new PowerPC 970FX's in the Xserve G5 require only half of the power of the original 970 processors. This is due to moving from 130 nm to 90 nm manufacturing process at IBM. The upgrade is not a small matter, but if someone can make it happen, Virginia Tech is the place to try it first.
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Antitrust Ruling Near for Microsoft in Europe: "According to people present at the closed hearing, the commission's misgivings about the way Microsoft competes were confirmed in the presentations."
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Power, up to a Point: "Some say PowerPoint should be abolished for spreading incomprehensible jargon, while others say they could not survive their working day without it."
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