Cray Unleashes XD1 Opteron/Linux Supercomputer

KingFishKingFish
edited October 2004 in Science & Tech
The competition in the commercial supercomputer business is about to heat up, thanks in part to a newly available supercomputer offering from Cray.
The company announced Monday that its new XD1 Opteron/Linux based Supercomputer is now generally available. The XD1 is a Linux based cluster running AMD's popular Opteron 64 bit processor and can run x86 32/64 bit codes. Depending on its configuration, the XD1 can house 12 processors with a peak processing power of 58 gigaflops (define), which is equal to one billion floating-point operations per second. Cray said it can also be scaled up to a 12-chassis rack that includes 144 processors and pumps out a peak of 691 gigaflops. The XD1 starts at prices under $100,000 and ranges up to $2 million. Instead of the familiar PCI (define) architecture of most home users' PCs, the XD1 has a direct connect processor (DCP) architecture that, according to Cray, "removes bottlenecks and memory contention to deliver superior sustained performance."
Source: Internet News

Comments

  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    If I could get one of those to fold for me for just an hour to two... :fold:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    I want to see pics of the damn motherboards.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Let's take up a collection. $100,000 isn't THAT much to make the ultimate folding machine.....
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    12 opterons for $100k isn't exactly the "ultimate folding machine". The $2m one on the other hand...
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    I bet that with code written specifically for it, those 12 opterons working in concert would be, probably, the single best folding computer in the whole project... Thus, the term "ultimate" probably does apply.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    Why would it be any faster than 12 individual Opterons?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Why is a torrent of electricity more effective at electrocuting someone than several smaller shocks?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    How are they comparable? F@H isn't SMP capable, so it's effectively 12 CPUs working independently anyhow.
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited October 2004
    sheww
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2004
    Uhh only 8. You can only install 8 clients on one computer. At least on one OS on one computer.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    myself wrote:
    I bet that with code written specifically for it.....
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