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Archive for July 20th, 2008

Mac s in war on terra

The Xserve-based supercomputer at
Virginia Tech has crossed another
milestone, hitting 12.25 teraflops.
The supercomputer, System X, uses 2.3GHz
Xserves, which were made by Apple specifically
for the university. The installation consists of
1,150 such machines. It was among the three
most powerful supercomputers according to
the Top500 supercomputer ratings in November
2003, before dropping off the list while being
upgraded. The latest results show [...]

Sunday, July 20th, 2008