Re: Parellel PPro supercomputer

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From: ejfi... Jaster
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 00:00

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In article <339B5C17...@mthcsc.wfu.edu>,
   Jimmy Dorff <do...@mthcsc.wfu.edu> wrote:
>Simon Juncal wrote:
>> 
>> Jab wrote:
>> > ...Utilizing only three-fourths of the final supercomputer -- 7,264 of
>> > the planned 9,200 Pentium� Pro processors -- the Intel/Sandia Teraflops
>> > System is the first computer in the world to break the teraflops
>> > barrier...
>> >
>> > --------
>> >
>> > Just a thought: how long will it be until we see a teraflop in our
>> > handheld calculators?  The HP48GX from a few years ago runs many things
>> > faster than the XTs I have in my basement.... hmmmmm   Quantum
>> > computing, anyone?  :)
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> >     -`^'-       Jeremy Black
>> >     (o o)   ja...@po.cwru.edu
>> > ooO--(_)--Ooo---------------
>> 
>> Man I bet you could get Quake to run at like 30FPS in 1024x768 on
>> that thing. ;)  <j/K>
>> 
>> Who needs a 3d card... just run 9 thousand CPU's
>> 
>> I wonder what OS that contraption is using <heh heh heh heh>
>> 
>
>Why they are running the ONLY true OS, UNIX
>(or at least their own custom version of it)

Can you say "Uptime = 0.00"? :)

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Subject: Re: Parellel PPro supercomputer
Date: 1997/06/09
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