Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 07, 2002 09:39 AM
Here's another research related Linux factoid...
"For the first time ever, 2 PC-based clusters were able to gain a top 10 spot. At position 5 is a cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory built by Linux NetworX and Quadrics. At position 8 is a cluster at the Forecast Systems Laboratory at NOAA built by HPTi with a Myrinet interconnect."
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Top supercomputers: Linux in #5 & #8 spots...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 07, 2002 09:39 AM"For the first time ever, 2 PC-based clusters were able to gain a top 10 spot. At position 5 is a cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory built by Linux NetworX and Quadrics. At position 8 is a cluster at the Forecast Systems Laboratory at NOAA built by HPTi with a Myrinet interconnect."
http://www.top500.org/lists/2002/11/press-release<nobr>.<wbr></nobr> php
Yep, Linux is a toy. Maybe, just maybe, it might be ready for serious use one of these days. Maybe in the enterprise. Yep. One of these days. Yep.
More details;
http://www.top500.org/lists/2002/11
http://top500.org/top5/2002/11/five
http://www-fd.fsl.noaa.gov/hpcs
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