[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[linux-team] SuperComputer
Salut à tous.
C'est bon pour le moral.
Bonne lecture.
IBM TO JOIN IN LINUX SUPERCOMPUTING EFFORT
IBM and the University of New Mexico will connect 256 two-
processor IBM Intel-based servers with high-speed Myrinet cards to
create a 512-processor machine capable of 375 billion calculations
per second. The computer, called LosLobos, will primarily be used
for scientific purposes, but will be adapted by IBM to provide the
"cluster" approach to running software for business tasks and e-
commerce. LosLobos is the latest of what are known as "Beowulf"
computers, which distribute a task over a network of computers
running Linux, a capability that IBM would use to make programs
more "multithreaded," or divided into independent jobs and
distributed across a multitude of computers. "I would expect we
will uncover certain things that Linux is missing that we have
somewhere in IBM," says IBM's John Patrick. "Our intention is to
apply all the technology and resources we can to help it grow as
fast as it possibly can. We intend to contribute those
technologies into the open source community."
(Cnet, 21 March 2000)
--------
Visit the Linux Supertore Online: http://www.redcorp.com !
If you want to be deleted from the list, send a mail to
majordomo@rtfm.be with "unsubscribe linux-team" in the body.
Archive of the list: http://tania.be.linux.org/