Bernard, I'm looking forward to hearing from our resident experts, but meanwhile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner exlains the architecture some. The buzzword is "triblade", which is 3 blades (with an extension) employing two types of processors (AMD Opteron and IBM Cell) in a hybrid subsystem. I have no idea what a single Triblade looks like. The overallmachine is then composed of zillions of triblades. Wow,imagine a Beowulf of those (jk :-)
Peter (designing a Beowulf of abaci to fit his current budget) On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: > > I am sure most people have seen the following picture for Roadrunner > circulating the Net: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/09/fastest.computer.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch > > However, they don't look likes blades to me, more like 2U IBM x series > servers. Perhaps those are the I/O nodes? > > Cheers, > > Bernard > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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