[geeks] icecube

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Sridhar the POWERful wrote:

> > The one thing that leaps out is why in the world are they using and
> > intel chip instead of a PPC?

> Why would they use a PowerPC, when they can use a POWER4?

Since it's really an embedded application?

Why would you go for all the power of a POWER4 for what is
really a fancy storage system (a really cool one, but still).

--Kurt