NASA Powers Up With Linux Supercomputer

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Posted by michael on Friday August 06, 2004 @11:10AM from the 80000-fps-in-doom3 dept.

ChaosTangent writes "BBC News reports that NASA is to boost its computing by 10 times with a new supercomputer that is Linux based. The articles claims it to be the "biggest" Linux based supercomputer with over 500 terabytes of storage and 1000 gigabytes of memory per Altix node. Dubbed 'Project Columbia', the new supercomputer will allow NASA to model complex scenarios (such as gravity simulations) more accurately than before." We had another story about this a week or so ago.

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Re: (Score:2, Funny)

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Ready.....Aim.......DUPE! (Score:3, Interesting)

by DesScorp ( 410532 ) writes: on Friday August 06, 2004 @11:21AM (#9899183) Journal

Come on, fellas....two in one morning? This begs the question: Do you guys even READ Slashdot yourselves?

Good Job Nasa (Score:1)

by chcorey ( 801648 ) writes:

Maybe Nasa will finally stop losing probes! Or better yet, maybe they'll find Beagle.
Are we alone in the Universe? (Score:2)

by Madcapjack ( 635982 ) writes:

I don't know if we are alone in the universe, but I'm feeling awfully lonely right now.
Good (Score:2)

by Stevyn ( 691306 ) writes:

Maybe now they can simulate proper management.
The real question... (Score:1)

by KermitJunior ( 674269 ) writes:

It might run Longhorn, but will it run Doom III? Ooooo... Duke Nukem: Forever?

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Re: (Score:2, Funny)

Ready.....Aim.......DUPE! (Score:3, Interesting)

Good Job Nasa (Score:1)

Are we alone in the Universe? (Score:2)

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The real question... (Score:1)

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