toggle

AAPL Stock: 442.69 ( + 1.34 )

http://www.macnn.com/articles/04/01/27/big.mac.interest/

Government interested in 'Big Mac', Xserve G5 upgrade

updated 03:05 pm EST, Tue January 27, 2004

 

\'Big Mac\' interest


A Virginia Tech spokesperson said the university and Apple have received "a number of inquiries" from federal agencies to use the university's installation or its supercomputer-kit technology to build their own supercomputer installations, according to TechWeb: "Virginia Tech's decision to replace its 'Big Mac' supercomputer processors with Apple Xserve G5 servers will to the federal agencies and organizations negotiating with the university for its novel supercomputer technology."


by MacNN Staff

Post tools:

TAGS :

 industry

Related Articles

Recent Articles

toggle

Comments

  1. 61668-3256b13c8631b3b5457a3079699d4

    Joined:

    0
    01/27, 03:23pm | report spam | Reply | delete

    testing posting

    testing posting

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 03:26pm | report spam | Reply |

    wow

    wow, yet another article copied from MacMinute...

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 03:35pm | report spam | Reply |

    WooHoo

    Go Apple!.





  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 03:45pm | report spam | Reply |

    NSA? YIKES!

    maybe this will inspire apple or someone else to build something more efficient than a rack full of Xserves for supercomputing. i'm sure 42U racks humming with Xserves would look incredible (and sound fun) but it seems like there should be a bteer way.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 04:11pm | report spam | Reply |

    ...can you hear that....

    ...the winds of change....;-)

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 04:39pm | report spam | Reply |

    cNet will be

    sputtering and fuming about this one.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 04:44pm | report spam | Reply |

    RIPE.

    this cluster is just RIPE to perform 10-15 tetraflops.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 04:46pm | report spam | Reply |

    Everyones

    altivec was optimized for code breaking, 2,200 G5's that's what 40 BILLION RC5 keys/sec.

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 04:49pm | report spam | Reply |

    Supercomputer in a box

    A really big box!

    Seriously, though, you're not going to get much more efficient than racks of 1U computers if you're out to build a super computer. Blades would be somewhat more effecient, but compromise speed (usually only a single, lower-clocked processor) and reliability (less redundant components) for lower heat and greater density. And certainly nobody has gotten more efficient than $5 million (mistated as $7 million in the article).

    Besides, it's not like people expect a super computer on their desk...although isn't that essentially how Apple introduced the G4?

  1. MacNN.com Reader

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2001

    0
    01/27, 05:00pm | report spam | Reply |

    VT could

    sell it for a profit. Just bundle everything and sell it off. Surely someone would pay $10 million for an out-of-the-box supercomputer.

    BTW, the $7 million includes the $2 million for infrastructure upgrades including UPS and Cooling systems. Still not a bad deal.

Show More Comments

Login Here

Not a member of the MacNN forums? Register now for free.

 
close
Photo
toggle

Network Headlines

toggle

Most Popular

MacNN Sponsor

Recent Reviews

MaxUpgrades MaxConnect for 2006-2008 Mac Pro

Nobody outside of Cupertino's privileged bunch knows the future of the Mac Pro line for sure. Despite Apple's reluctance to tell us wh ...

Brother HL-3170CDW LED Printer

We've mentioned before that we are far from a paperless society. For now, at least, there are tasks that require a piece of paper for ...

HTC One

It is hard to overstate just how critically important the HTC One is to the Taiwanese company’s fortunes. Despite its alarming decline ...

toggle

Most Commented

 

Popular News