Unboxing a Cray XC30 'Magnus' Petaflops Supercomputer 71
Bismillah (993337) writes The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Australia has started unboxing and installing its new upgraded 'Magnus' supercomputer, which could become the largest such system in the southern hemisphere, with up to one petaFLOPS performance.
Bitcoin! (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder how many bitcoins you can mine with it.
Only half the story (Score:4, Funny)
An 'unboxing' is only half of the modern way of reporting on new hardware. The more interesting question in this case is "will it blend?"
Re:Will it run DOSBox and Doom? (Score:2, Funny)
Good post, but bad analogy since "computers" are expected to run programs. I'd say it's more like asking whether an aircraft carrier can tow a skier. Maybe, but it won't do it well.
Well, if you use the catapult...
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