Will Your Next Supercomputer Come from Costco?
Journal Article
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· Scientific Computing, 24(5):13
OSTI ID:909670
A fun topic for April, one that is not an April fool’s joke, is that you can purchase a commodity 200+ Gflop (single-precision) Linux supercomputer for around $600 from your favorite electronic vendor. Yes, it’s true. Just walk in and ask for a Sony Playstation 3 (PS3), take it home and install Linux on it. IBM has provided an excellent tutorial for installing Linux and building applications at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-linuxps3-1. If you want to raise some eyebrows at work, then submit a purchase request for a Sony PS3 game console and watch the reactions as your paperwork wends its way through the procurement process.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 909670
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-54072; TRN: US200723%%125
- Journal Information:
- Scientific Computing, 24(5):13, Vol. 24, Issue 5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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