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Ah, the "compact supercomputer"...I'm still trying to find an excuse to
fund a Typhoon:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/16/tyan-typhoon-600-series-reaches-256-gigflops-for-personal-super

Only "about 25,600,000 flops per pound sterling"!


- -sth

sam hooker|http://www.noiseplant.com|i am between the internet


Nick Floersch wrote:
> Another /. Posting not to miss...
> 
> Cray and M$ have conspired on the latest Cray überMachine... Except how über 
> can it be when running M$ software???
> 
> http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/16/1624235.shtml
> 
> A wonderful post in the comments:
> "I bet Symantec Antivirus can get it on its knees."
> 
> I mean, who even needs a virus to slow down the system when we have an AV 
> package that must run because the super-computer would be more susceptible to 
> virii than if running, say, Linux, IRIX, or COS?
> 
> The poster printout behind my desk "Imagine what you could do with a Cray!" 
> means less and less.
> 
> ---
> Nicholas Floersch (pr. Floor-sh)
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