“Nasa is using a Linux machine from Silicon Graphics with 256
Itanium 2 processors and plans to double that soon, the company
said on Monday after posting financial results that moved it closer
toward profitability.“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has long been
a customer of SGI’s high-end computers using its Irix operating
system and MIPS processors. Now it’s following suit with the
company’s Linux-Itanium line, called Altix. The new product line is
a key part of the company’s attempt to try to reverse a years-long
revenue decline by tapping into growing markets…”