Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Trivia question: What's the most expensive part in supercomputers?



Making a supercomputer used to require teams of dedicated scientists, millions in federal research grants, and lots of specialized components that took years to design.


Thanks to clustering and other advances, a group of well-trained grad students can build one from off-the-shelf parts. As a result, the rankings in the ...





Source: http://news.com.com

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