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Doesn't seem like a very good deal
Let's see, this computer costs $7 million and has a theoretical
peak of 13.9 teraflops. Compare that with Virginia Tech's
system or the new Mach 5 system the Army is setting up:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/
tc2004083_7126_tc153.htm

Va Tech: 17.6 teraflops, $5.2 million
Mach 5: 25 teraflops, $5.8 million
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 05/18/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Doesn't seem like a very good deal  tic swayback | 05/18/05
But, dude..  d_jedi | 05/18/05
Canadian or US $  asqarin | 05/19/05
It must be US dollars...  MacCanuck | 05/19/05
The purchase was probably as much a Redhat deal  balsover | 05/19/05
IIRC, the US military...  MacCanuck | 05/21/05
Ooooops  Ken_z | 05/19/05
Aqqle's trying hard to make it back into edu's  FilledOut | 05/20/05
Didn't Michael Dell  Roger Ramjet | 05/19/05

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