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CRAY XT JAGUAR to Beat IBM Supercomputer

by Marsha on November 17, 2008

CRAY XT JAGUAR to Beat IBM Supercomputer

CRAY XT JAGUAR to Beat IBM Supercomputer

ROADRUNNER supercomputer from IBM Currently crowned the world’s fastest supercomputer which can perform up to 1,026 petaflop. XT JAGUAR from Cray Inc.. claimed to ready to seize the title.

It ‘s no wonder if Cray XT Jaguar has the ambitions to become the fastest supercomputer in the world, since it’s able to achieve 1.64 petaflop performance. This means that the computer is capable of doing the operation more than one quadrillion per second.

Cray is a supercomputer manufacturer is based in Seattle, Washington. Cray XT Jaguar is supported by 45 K Quad-core AMD Opteron processors, with a 362 terabyte memory, and 10 petabyte file system.

Cray XT Jaguar will be used for open research purposes, so that researchers from various universities, companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations can share the speed of this Jaguar.

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

by Mick on September 17, 2008

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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