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<blockquote data-quote="Murlyn" data-source="post: 13426" data-attributes="member: 184"><p><strong>G5 Supercomputer Kits from Virginia Tech</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Source: <a href="http://www.macrumors.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: black">MacRumors.com</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/11/20031105193558.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000"><strong>G5 Supercomputer Kits from Virginia Tech</strong></span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: black">Wednesday November 05, 2003 07:35 PM</span></span></p><p></p><p>As mentioned in <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/10/20031030004232.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000BB">a previous report</span></a>, Virginia Tech will begin offering <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techweb.com%2Fwire%2Fstory%2FTWB20031105S0011" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000BB">Supercomputer Kits</span></a> beginning early next year.</p><p></p><p>These kits will provide plans for institutions to create their own PowerMac G5 clusters with off-the-shelf components. The Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 cluster currently ranks <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/11/20031103122349.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000BB">#3 in the world</span></a> based on preliminary results. Final rankings are due in mid November.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techweb.com%2Fwire%2Fstory%2FTWB20031105S0011" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000BB">Techweb.com reports</span></a> that, amongst others, the National Security Agency and the Argonne weapons laboratory have expressed interest in the plans. Previous comments from Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan noted that we could "expect to see a lot more G5 clusters."</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>My Comments:</strong> I wouldn't mind one.. maybe if everybody in the forums donated $5 we could get one for mac-forums, ok.. maybe $500.00 each, but still <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murlyn, post: 13426, member: 184"] [B]G5 Supercomputer Kits from Virginia Tech Source: [URL='http://www.macrumors.com'][COLOR=black]MacRumors.com[/COLOR][/URL][/B] [SIZE=2][URL='http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/11/20031105193558.shtml'][COLOR=#660000][B]G5 Supercomputer Kits from Virginia Tech[/B][/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=black]Wednesday November 05, 2003 07:35 PM[/COLOR][/SIZE] As mentioned in [URL='http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/10/20031030004232.shtml'][COLOR=#0000BB]a previous report[/COLOR][/URL], Virginia Tech will begin offering [URL='http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techweb.com%2Fwire%2Fstory%2FTWB20031105S0011'][COLOR=#0000BB]Supercomputer Kits[/COLOR][/URL] beginning early next year. These kits will provide plans for institutions to create their own PowerMac G5 clusters with off-the-shelf components. The Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 cluster currently ranks [URL='http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/11/20031103122349.shtml'][COLOR=#0000BB]#3 in the world[/COLOR][/URL] based on preliminary results. Final rankings are due in mid November. [URL='http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techweb.com%2Fwire%2Fstory%2FTWB20031105S0011'][COLOR=#0000BB]Techweb.com reports[/COLOR][/URL] that, amongst others, the National Security Agency and the Argonne weapons laboratory have expressed interest in the plans. Previous comments from Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan noted that we could "expect to see a lot more G5 clusters." [I][B]My Comments:[/B] I wouldn't mind one.. maybe if everybody in the forums donated $5 we could get one for mac-forums, ok.. maybe $500.00 each, but still :)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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