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    http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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      http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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      Douglas Troy
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      Finally ... a machine worthy of Windows Vista Ultimate. :rolleyes: well, someone had to say it


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        http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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        i dont understand the point to all that computing power for my desktop if my internet connection does not get any faster in the next 5-10 years X|

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          i dont understand the point to all that computing power for my desktop if my internet connection does not get any faster in the next 5-10 years X|

          ----------------------------------------------------------- Completion Deadline: two days before the day after tomorrow

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          You think this is a desktop machine, even in 5-10 years?:omg:


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            i dont understand the point to all that computing power for my desktop if my internet connection does not get any faster in the next 5-10 years X|

            ----------------------------------------------------------- Completion Deadline: two days before the day after tomorrow

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            jgasm wrote:

            for my desktop

            That's gonna be one heck of a big desk! :rolleyes:


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              jgasm wrote:

              for my desktop

              That's gonna be one heck of a big desk! :rolleyes:


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              if everything goes according to plan i will have the biggest desk ever. :omg:

              ----------------------------------------------------------- Completion Deadline: two days before the day after tomorrow

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                http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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                Steve Mayfield
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                62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terapetabytes (=1700 terabytes) of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance Steve

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                  http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                  Hmm.. how are they gonna cram a suitable swap file onto that puny disk space??? :suss:

                  -- Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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                    http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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                    Mark Nischalke wrote:

                    125 terabytes of memory

                    Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      Mark Nischalke wrote:

                      125 terabytes of memory

                      Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                      -----
                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      I'm almost certain they either have built in hardware testers, or a 4*62,976 threaded memory tester application that will report the location of a faulty stick.

                      -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                        Hmm.. how are they gonna cram a suitable swap file onto that puny disk space??? :suss:

                        -- Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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                        RAM Disk galore!


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                          Mark Nischalke wrote:

                          125 terabytes of memory

                          Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                          -----
                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                          Antony Clements
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                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                          Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                          Surely they will be using something better than DDR2. or have DDR2 with an obscenely high core speed.

                          Life is nothing but an individuals perception of an immortals dream. - ME

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                            Mark Nischalke wrote:

                            125 terabytes of memory

                            Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                            -----
                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                            "I think I found it. It is right between the vegetable patch and the dry wall." Deep Thought, anyone?!

                            Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                              John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                              Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                              Surely they will be using something better than DDR2. or have DDR2 with an obscenely high core speed.

                              Life is nothing but an individuals perception of an immortals dream. - ME

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                              I was being sarcastic...

                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                I'm almost certain they either have built in hardware testers, or a 4*62,976 threaded memory tester application that will report the location of a faulty stick.

                                -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                                Hopefully it will also print out a map and give GPS positioning for it, as well :-D

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                                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                  Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                                  Surely they will be using something better than DDR2. or have DDR2 with an obscenely high core speed.

                                  Life is nothing but an individuals perception of an immortals dream. - ME

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                                  Antony Clements wrote:

                                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that? Surely they will be using something better than DDR2. or have DDR2 with an obscenely high core speed.

                                  You mean just like they'll "surely use something better than athlon processors"? :rolleyes: Athlons have the memory controller built into the CPU die itself to reduce latency, so unless the machine was built with older S939 chips (in which case it's using DDR1) it'll be a DDR2 system.

                                  -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                                    Mark Nischalke wrote:

                                    125 terabytes of memory

                                    Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                    -----
                                    "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                    Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that?

                                    Kind of like finding the handful of failing vacuum tubes in the original ENIAC. Multimeter anyone? -CB ;)

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                                      http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer[^] 62,976 CPU cores, 125 terabytes of memory, 1.7 terabytes of disk space, and 504 teraflops of performance. "In some ways it's like giving us a time machine to look forward five to ten years as to what general purpose machines will look like. The smart developers will take advantage of that (today)." Chris, when can we expect CP on this platform? That should help speed up the responses to all those very urgent, please help me quickly requests ;P


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                                      I've filled out a Purchase Order, but I'm not getting my hopes up too high.

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                                        Antony Clements wrote:

                                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Can you imagine trying to hunt down an errant stick of DDR2 in a field of memory like that? Surely they will be using something better than DDR2. or have DDR2 with an obscenely high core speed.

                                        You mean just like they'll "surely use something better than athlon processors"? :rolleyes: Athlons have the memory controller built into the CPU die itself to reduce latency, so unless the machine was built with older S939 chips (in which case it's using DDR1) it'll be a DDR2 system.

                                        -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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                                        Antony Clements
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                                        Yes i know that, it reduces the timing for the data throughput, but what I mean is surely such a large system wish such a price tag will use something similar to DDR3, which to my knowledge is similar to what the old DDR2 cards were, as in being to expensive to be used for system RAM in general consumer machines at present.

                                        Life is nothing but an individuals perception of an immortals dream. - ME

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                                          I was being sarcastic...

                                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                          -----
                                          "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                          Antony Clements
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                                          Oh I know you were being sarcastic, i'm just saying that surely they would have access to something better than DDR2 given the scope of the project.

                                          Life is nothing but an individuals perception of an immortals dream. - ME

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