[geeks] Let's see, that's how many dual socket, quad core machines...

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Fri May 2 09:06:49 CDT 2008


On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 08:06:37AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> On slashdot.org I just saw a piece about Purdue Univ.'s plan to build
> a super computer in a "barn-raising" fashion on 5 May with 200
> employees working to make it happen... 
> 
> Link to a non-slashdot story about it:
> 
> http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=29153

I believe that would be 812 dell dual socket quad core systems.

It would have been nice to see some mention of interconnects used and
system topology, as well as what is being done for file storage, and
scheduling. 



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