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AMD Athlon MP Processors Drive Most Powerful x86 Cluster Supercomputers in Europe and Asia

[Posted June 24, 2002 by dave]

Here is a press release from AMD, describing the Linux cluster at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. It recently made its way onto the TOP500 supercomputer list. "The University's Heidelberg Linux Cluster System (HELICS) supercomputer performs scientific research at its Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (ICSC)."

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How far up the ladder would 450 Athlon 1.7's get?

Posted Jun 24, 2002 13:53 UTC (Mon) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link]

A local school running LTSP-Mosix may yet be in the running... (-:

AMD Athlon MP Processors Drive Most Powerful x86 Cluster Supercomputers in Europe and Asia

Posted Jun 24, 2002 15:18 UTC (Mon) by DeletedUser2230 ((unknown), #2230) [Link]

Don't forget that opensource software also plays a role in the supercomputers:

besides Linux and Beowulf:

GridEngine: http://gridengine.sunsource.net
MPICH : http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/
LAM MPI : http://www.lam-mpi.org/

Rayson