Supercomputer from video game parts

Lincoln Russell 9 Jun, 2008 at 9:41am ET Article published in Tech

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1. 
   9 Jun 2008 ~ 11:32am Garg Took them long enough.
   

   Computer World wrote:

   It has 6,948 dual-core Opterons on IBM LS21 Blades, as well as 12,960 Cell processors on IBM QS22 blades. The machine, which has 80TB of memory, has 296 IBM BladeCenter H racks. It takes up 6,000 square feet, uses 57 miles of fiber optic cable and weighs 500,000 lbs.

   
   Oh. That's why.
2. 
   9 Jun 2008 ~ 11:44am Kwitko Can somebody sneak in there and install F@H?