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12,800 quad-core Intel Xeon processors...

Plays Crysis at 47fps max details 1920x1200

posted by : giz, 20 November 2008 Complain about this comment
and also...

actually you neeed 643, its only a .933 tflop part.

however, you only need 500 4870's, or only 250 4870x2's to do this. It slaso about 25% cheaper doing this with ati than nvidia.

posted by : craig, 19 November 2008 Complain about this comment
throwing money at the drain

While the world is collapsing with the financial crisis a few lunatics are throwing money away. They are donkeys, 500 x GTX280 = 600 Tflop ... :-D

posted by : Ozzy, 19 November 2008 Complain about this comment
just a thought or two

just thought I would post a link for the authors' info..if u believe in mischell ..you know..tds..or the latest incarnation and thought thereof.

http://www.verycoolwriting.com/

posted by : leaperman, 19 November 2008 Complain about this comment
Not Spore-Compliant

You can't run Spore on that machine! Imagine 51,200 cores simultaneously trying to get onto the internet to "phone home" to EA's DRM system . . . it would be a disaster.

posted by : Daryl Herbert, 18 November 2008 Complain about this comment

NASA shows off new star supercomputer

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