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boston.internet.com: SGI Boosting Linux to 128 Processors

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“Who said Linux can only be used for smaller enterprise
tasks?

“Mountain View, Calif.’s SGI Tuesday revealed that its
high-performance servers will soon employ 128 processors in a
single instance of running Linux in the hopes of testing the limits
of the open-source operating system for eventual commercial
use.

“SGI, which already provides Linux-based Altix 3000 systems that
scale to 64 Intel Itanium 2 processors, intends to test
128-processor systems in customer laboratories. Results are
expected in early September…”

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