New PowerPC-based IBM Supercomputer

[Mord]

http://www.dgl.com/itinfo/2003/it030528.html

 

[PyroTurtle]

i thought it was a 750-series proc in the GC...
hmmm, guess i was wrong!
that could be fun though...hundreds of gamecubes just lined up and linked together...metroid never looked so good!

 

[Mord]

each gamecube has 10.8 gigaflops so 512x10= 5 teraflops for 50k

 

[MacRAND]

SuperComputer Kit - Cluster of 512?

Originally posted by Hector
PPC 440's are in nintendo game cubes so 512 of those at $99 (whole sale) a pop thats $51200 for a super computer....nice they made a super computer from ps 2's so it should be possible?

Exactly. And, IBM has been trying to tell Apple for years that this works, and it has been falling on Steven's deaf ears.
Spend the same $50,000 for a dozen G5 dual 2GHz and it doesn't come close to a Blue Gene box. IBM has definately trumped Apple, and made a solid point.

Well, Big Mac has proven Steve partially right, but Blue Gene has proven the power of multiple chip computers for IBM with low power and speed.
Wonder what 6 440's would be like in a PowerBook?

One hell of a GameCube PowerBook with a SuperDrive and 20" screen.
Yao, we need you and Mini Me (with the 17") for another commercial.

 

[wms121]

hey Arn...see if you can find "optical ppc stuff"..

IBM is supposed to have some optical network switches..and they
have made MCM's (multi-chip modules) with mixed chips and switches.

Steve COULD built something with a mac centric processor...but
who out there would want a Apple with a IBM MCM?

Plenty if they were liquid cooled. We might even get genuine POWER6's for Xserves.

Anyone want an "AppleGene" in 2010?

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