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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=312084283
>
> very amusing and effective stunt for SiCortex! though I wonder
> whether the total carbon footprint winds up being bigger than when
> using conventional power (ie, that the human+foodchain system is
> itself fairly high-carbon...)
>
Right. Maybe running of a bunch of photo-voltaics would have been more
hydrocarbon friendly (if not market grabbing), but the machine is more
peak-efficient (there is little benchmark data out there) per watt than Blue
Gene by my calculation, more balanced than Opteron (not than a Cray), and has a
very cool custom interconnect. It takes some baby steps in the direction of
"many-core" with more and simpler cores than the current generation of x86-64
chips. If it is possible for custom machines to regain traction in this space,
I think SiCortex's systems are the best bet.
Regards,
rbw
--
"Making predictions is hard, especially about the future."
Niels Bohr
--
Richard Walsh
Thrashing River Consulting--
5605 Alameda St.
Shoreview, MN 55126
Phone #: 612-382-4620
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