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internetnews.com: IBM’s Blue Gene Supercomputer is For Sale

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 2004

“Fresh off the revelation that its top supercomputer has
shattered LinPack performance records, IBM Monday said it is
offering its Blue Gene system for commercial businesses.

“The latest BlueGene/L system topped the Top500 list by
operating at 70.7 teraflops, or trillion floating points per
second. The eServer Blue Gene peaks at 5.7 teraflops per single
rack system. Customers may purchase 1 to 64 racks, with 1024
dual-processor nodes per rack, according to a statement…”

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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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