Cray CX1, First Windows-Based Supercomputer with 64-Cores

by Mick on September 17, 2008

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Cray CX1 super computer

The CX1, Cray’s First Windows-Based Supercomputer with 64-Cores, it’s a Cray and Microsoft partnership product to produce computer that runs the upcoming windows HPC Server 2008.
The CX1 is designed to bring high level computing into the mainstream. Do you think that your desktop is super powerful? Think again, the Cray CX1 features 16 Intel Xeon processors that are either quad-core or dual.
The supercomputer got with 8 nodes that can accommodate 64GB of memory per node and the storage tops out at 4TB. Despite all ‘super power’ the price that ranges from $25,000 to $6000 will keep it out of most customer’s hands.

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