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[Tom Boucher <trekkie AT nomorestars.com>]

On Jan 28, 2004, at 5:08 AM, David R.Matusiak wrote:

> The world's 3rd greatest supercomputer (Virginia Tech's "Big Mac")  
> will soon be dismantled in order to build Version 2.  This time, VT  
> will be taking advantage of Apple's new G5 X-Serve 1U rack devices.   
> The new installation will not only save floor space (down to 1,000  
> square feet from 3,000), but will also consume less power (about 60%  
> of current usage) and offer ECC (Error Correcting Code) RAM.  Also on  
> tap is Panther Server which is designed to squeeze the most  
> performance out of the G5 processor.
>
> The change is expected to be completed by May.  These folks are  
> amazing!
>
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp? 
> category=1700&slug=Apple%20Supercomputer
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml? 
> articleID=17501508
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1469441,00.asp

They should sell each of the nodes on eBay so you could own a part of  
the worlds fastest Macintosh.  probably pay for the Xserves - not that  
Apple probably gave them one heck of a deal.

I wonder if the 1.1GHz FSB over 1.0GHz FSB will move them up a few  
points?   In my experience with HPCs a faster FSBs boosted some of the  
performance.  Even though this is Hypertransport and not an FSB as I  
was used too.