More On Roadrunner
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Written by Chris Tom   
Monday, 09 June 2008 08:29

Many are idiotically ignoring Opterons in the new Roadrunner supercomputer, or downplaying their importance, or better yet thinking Playstation 3s are now being used in a supercomputer. It is amazing all the bad reporting. Information Week and Channel Web at least have done some research.

The machine will be housed at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Laboratory. Occupying 6,000 square feet and weighing 500,000 pounds, it's not likely to be moved to satisfy redecorating whims. IBM calls Roadrunner a hybrid supercomputer. It combines 12,960 IBM Cell chips, which power Sony's PlayStation 3 video game machine, with 6,948 dual-core AMD (NYSE: AMD) Opteron chips and 80 terabytes of memory. It runs Red Hat Linux.


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