Virginia Tech plans to announce on Tuesday that its System X now operates at 12.25 teraflops, or 12 trillion calculations per second, up from 10.28 teraflops in its original incarnation, which used 1,100 Power Mac G5 towers. The performance boost comes in large part because Apple Computer has made available to Virginia Tech custom 2.3GHz Xserve machines, which are faster than the 2GHz processors that power Apple's fastest machines. The school also added 50 additional servers, or nodes, to the system.
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I will not pass judgement on whether you or the story, or both, are accurate.
I would like to point out, though, that it is possible for a machine powered by a 2 GHz process... (Read the rest) - Posted by: wajacksonbj Posted on: 10/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
Pays to think outside the wintel square
Richard Flude | 10/25/04
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The question is now
mlindl | 10/26/04
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Hard sell at some shops
alterego_z | 10/26/04
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Accuracy - NOT!
Fred Fredrickson | 10/26/04
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Myabe they were talking about "At the time of purchase"
Laff | 10/26/04
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Has anyone seen Vily? ...yet? 
The King's Servant | 10/26/04
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hee hee hee...snicker..HA! Good one!...:)
Laff | 10/26/04
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Or they were pretty accurate for Xservers... fastest xserve is 2Ghz
el1jones | 10/26/04
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Accuracy?
wajacksonbj | 10/26/04
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