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01/27/2004, 6:25am, EST
Tuesday, January 27th
Virginia Tech to upgrade supercomputer to Xserve G5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will upgrade its supercomputer to the dual-processor Xserve G5 (from PowerMac G5s), according to Reuters: "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" as well as reduce the system's size by a factor of three. "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."
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but i guess they win either way. The students get to have a butt load of great computers. But still what a pain the a$$!
Re: "kind of a waste": They didn't wait because the supercomputer list cut-off date was (around) October 1st!! If you haven't got a freaking clue about a story, don't make snide, nasty comments. Jackass.