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US Army builds another G5-based supercomputer
Posted by: Jim_ on: 06/22/2004 02:49 AM [ Print | 13 comment(s) ]
Our Irish friend Tom was kind enough to let me know about a new G5-based supercomputer that the US Army has thrown together. They've labelled it MACH 5.
COLSA today announced the purchase of 1566 dual processor 1U rack-mount 64-bit Xserve G5 servers from Apple to build a new supercomputer, which it expects to be one of the fastest in the world. The supercomputer, named MACH 5, is expected to deliver a peak performance capability of more than 25 TFlops/second at a cost of $5.8 million and will be used to model the complex aero-thermodynamics of hypersonic flight for the US Army.I thought you only needed one G5 to have a supercomputer? Ahem... Take a look.
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hellodeadcat Registered User Posts: 614 Joined: 2003-02-06 |
![]() Sort of off topic, but still supercomputer news.. Some Forumla 1 racing design place is set to buy an AMD powered computer that is supposed to rank up in the top 11. I read it in the new york times, but cannot find teh link at the moment. White trash Jesus freaks for Bush '04. Join us, YOU will be saved. |
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Occupant Registered User Posts: 2405 Joined: 2002-03-04 |
![]() Probably farrari... They have some cross promotion deals going with acer to build farrari red laptops... |
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rmn oh my, it's huge! Posts: 5894 Joined: 2002-01-26 |
![]() No, actually it's Sauber Petronas. Ferrari would probably get it for free. ![]() RMN ~~~ |
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ambit LoveYourFruit Posts: 1243 Joined: 2000-10-15 |
![]() but VT's 'Big Mac' is still completely offline? They're still waiting for their XServe's as well. |
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Kimpsu Registered User Posts: 515 Joined: 2003-01-09 |
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At least the Virginia Tech has dropped out of the top500 list. The new number two machine running Itanium, has far better max/peak ratio than the VT had, by the way, as the peak is just under 23Tflops and it can maintain a nearly 20Tflops spead over long period, as the same figures for the VT were something like 17Tflops peak and 11Tflops maximum. |
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duraid Registered User Posts: 378 Joined: 2002-03-31 |
![]() How did you guys miss this one? http://tinyurl.com/2hpvg A much, much nicer machine for my money. Better hardware and a real 64-bit OS. ![]() |
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i_wolf labhair dom as gaelige Posts: 2034 Joined: 2002-11-19 |
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Well maybe IBM are using a different motherboard to the XServe. At the very least its likely that IBM are using the same Apple designed memory controller as in the XServe. However for $2699 (for dual 1.6GHz PPC970fx????) and 333MHz ECC DDR memory (link ) I would much prefer to have the same hardware options available to me as the XServe with dual 2GHz PPC970fx with 400MHz ECC DDR memory. And if you don't want to use the OS X Server (unlimited licence) you can use yellowdoglinux or another PPC linux if needs be http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ Hung like a donkey. Go like a horse! |
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scythe Quad nutty Posts: 538 Joined: 2002-09-25 |
![]() i wonder how it folds? - Q6600 @ 3.0ghz (333x9) - 4x1gb DDR2 800 - HD4890 - Asus Maximus Formula X38 - 150GB RaptorX - Antec P180v2 w/ 550w Real Power Pro - |
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duraid Registered User Posts: 378 Joined: 2002-03-31 |
![]() i_wolf, dude, the IBM Xserve's have 2.2GHz 970fx chips now ![]() |
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i_wolf labhair dom as gaelige Posts: 2034 Joined: 2002-11-19 |
![]() IBM's JS20 blades are at 2.2GHz ????? Thats news to me. Not that I doubt you at all, but could you provide a link, I would love this if true. When i found the JS20 blades on IBM's site they said that they were 'available up to 1.6GHz'. And when i clicked on the configuration tab, there was no option to build a JS20 with anything higher than a 2.2GHz. This is fantastic if true. One thing I also noticed about IBM's JS20 is that they are using 4200RPM hard drives (probably to keep heat down), still Apple seams to manage the same form factor with hotter running hard drives, I would wonder why IBM has gone the route of a 4200RPM hard drive in a node such as that. As far as size differences, are they both not built to standard 1U specifications?? Hung like a donkey. Go like a horse! |
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duraid Registered User Posts: 378 Joined: 2002-03-31 |
![]() I_wolf I _did_ provide the link. Just read it again carefully ![]() Bits of IBM's website are pretty behind, but this sort of thing is normal, isn't it? I mean if you look at SGI's web page, you'd think the top clockspeed CPU you can buy is a 1.5GHz Itanium, but if you give them a call they'll be only too happy to sell you 1.6GHz ones ![]() If you are really interested in a JS20 setup, give IBM a call and I'm sure they can sort you out.... |
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duraid Registered User Posts: 378 Joined: 2002-03-31 |
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No!! IBM's JS20s are half as big as Xserves! From the IBM page: "Up to 84 2-way blades may be installed in an industry-standard 42U rack" |
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i_wolf labhair dom as gaelige Posts: 2034 Joined: 2002-11-19 |
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sorry! Got it second time round! Their website is disastroushly behind it seams ![]() Hung like a donkey. Go like a horse! |