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Power Mac G5s used to build supercomputer

updated 06:20 pm EDT, Tue September 2, 2003

 
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Virginia Tech Tuesday confirmed that it will use now under construction, according to CNET News.com. Virginia Tech, who said it has been working with Apple for months, will use the cluster to perform research on nanoscale electronics, chemistry, aerodynamics, molecular statics, computational acoustics and molecular modeling, among other tasks.


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    Wow

    I can't wait to run UT on it.
    :P

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    sweeeet

    i'd like to see that bad MF in action!

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    sweeeet

    You won't, get over it. You could apply to clean the cheesegraters of accumulated lint that forms on the outside of the cases however....

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    All your clusters...

    ...are belong to Apple...

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    What OS?

    Is this beast going to run Panther or some version of Linux (or non-Apple Unix)?

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    LQX

    imagine that in yer back room closet running MAME, I think it could handle it, maybe.

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    Power

    I wonder how much juice is needed to power it?

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    Finally...

    Finally, someone has built something strong enough to run the latest version of iMovie. Just think, smooth transitions, a smooth scrubber bar and no dropped audio. $3 million to run a free program.

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    Management

    Wonder what platform they will use to monitor it for outages...

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    Obligatory Slashdot Joke

    Imagine a Beowulf clusterof those...

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