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Octane III: (up to) 80 Cores and a Terabyte of RAM
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:21 pm
by jfrancis
SGI -- formerly the titanic Silicon Graphics company -- has released the Octane III, a "personal supercomputer" that can handle up to 80 cores and up to a terabyte of RAM.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/22/sg ... rsona.html
Re: Octane III: (up to) 80 Cores and a Terabyte of RAM
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:41 pm
by rusteberg
that sona bitch got more ram than i have hard drive space....
Re: Octane III: (up to) 80 Cores and a Terabyte of RAM
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:31 am
by NicoR44
Re: Octane III: (up to) 80 Cores and a Terabyte of RAM
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:19 am
by macray
You'd probably need a contract with your local power supplier.... or a tap to the next high voltage line.
but Maxwell would profit from it - if you can get it running.
Re: Octane III: (up to) 80 Cores and a Terabyte of RAM
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:16 pm
by deadalvs
holy shit .. SGI still exists ?
how much did i love octane I and II .. though i'd never could have afforded one ..
