BMW make their 'Flagship' new mini in the UK near oxford and also own Rolls Royce (cars).
2012/9/21 Vincent Diepeveen <d...@xs4all.nl>: > A NATO bunker doesn't even have enough power to run 0.01% of the > crunching power of BMW, > which is of course a lot larger, as far as generic crunching > hardware, than what NCSA has in total. > > Furthermore they wouldn't even run a single BMW program in Iceland > without the prime minister of iceland > formally allowing machine gunned armed German soldiers defending that > complex to avoid any > possible left US soldier of obtaining their biggest industrial > secrets making it to US car industry. > > And all this with a few internet cables to the seismic very active > Iceland (over 3000 earth quakes a year or so, > what was it?), with cables which regurarly break, as i noticed myself > as well when i was in Iceland. > > 30% of the time internet didn't even work for entire day to > continental Europe. > > Imagine that BMW has a week delay when a few icelanders try to fix > the internet cable 3 KM down deep in the ocean, > needed to connect to Munchen when they try to fix a crucial thing in > cars that have a problem now and need an upgrade... > > That's losing Germany how many billions? > > So let's not believe in fairy tales. > > Don't make a joke out of German car industry by posting articles as > if they would be able to carry out any of their huge HPC > calculations in Iceland. It's not even possible to carry out any > serious calculation in Iceland and especially not in an old NATO > bunker not > within German borders and not under their own nations control. Not a > single German manager would even *consider* doing that. > > On Sep 21, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: > >> No, you think it's a lie. >> >> This is inappropriate for this list. >> >> -- >> Prentice >> >> On 09/21/2012 11:16 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> you post something about HPC in iceleand, but we all know that's a >>> lie. >>> That's what i wrote. >>> >>> On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >>> >>>> Vincent, >>>> >>>> The beowulf mailing list is for discussing matters related Linux >>>> beowulf >>>> clusters, and HPC in general. In practice, this list has always >>>> allowed >>>> a lot of leeway and discussions often veer of tangentially into the >>>> science, technology, and the business/politics surrounding HPC. >>>> >>>> Even with the large amount of leeway observed on this list, your >>>> post >>>> below is inappropriate. After reading it several times, your post >>>> appears to contain nothing more than a political attack on >>>> Germany. I >>>> can find nothing in your post related to Linux clusters, HPC, >>>> science or >>>> technology. >>>> >>>> There are plenty of forums on the Internet for discussing >>>> politics. This >>>> is not one of them. Please post your political attacks elsewhere. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Prentice >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/21/2012 10:21 AM, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>>> Typical German marketing. >>>>> >>>>> Say A, do B. >>>>> >>>>> Knowing how German industry works, they probably will deploy one >>>>> computer there when they sell a few more BMW's in Iceland. >>>>> In the meantime their top secret crunching runs on browncoals in >>>>> Germany of course. >>>>> >>>>> A lot cheaper than 4.3 cents a kilowatt hour browncoals are. >>>>> >>>>> An article today in the newspaper suggested German Minister >>>>> Altmaier >>>>> announced more or less he wants to quit solar panel >>>>> subsidies, and for now announces to dramatically lower it, >>>>> which of course in combination with getting rid of nuclear reactors >>>>> means they're gonna burn even more coals in Germany, >>>>> as *somewhere* they need this huge amount of energy for their >>>>> industry. We're speaking about a 50000 megawatt or so. >>>>> >>>>> Usually they calculate with householeds and ignore the 90-95% of >>>>> energy that companies and especially industry consumes... >>>>> >>>>> Germany is world champion in saying A and doing B. >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 21, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Another news article about datacenters and HPC in Iceland. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Prentice >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-09-20/ >>>>>> bmw_finds_cool_locale_for_hpc_cluster.html >>>>>> September 20, 2012 >>>>>> >>>>>> BMW Finds Cool Locale for HPC Cluster >>>>>> Robert Gelber >>>>>> >>>>>> Automaker BMW is getting ready to deploy an HPC cluster to run >>>>>> simulations for designing it next-generation ultimate driving >>>>>> machines. As with any supercomputing installation, this one is >>>>>> bound to consume plenty of energy, which translates to high >>>>>> operational expenses. So the car company decided to search for an >>>>>> efficient and environmentally friendly plan to manage their >>>>>> system. >>>>>> They settled on locating the machine at Verne Global’s Ásbrú >>>>>> datacenter in Iceland. >>>>>> >>>>>> September 20, 2012 >>>>>> BMW Finds Cool Locale for HPC Cluster >>>>>> >>>>>> Robert Gelber >>>>>> >>>>>> Automaker BMW is getting ready to deploy an HPC cluster to run >>>>>> simulations for designing it next-generation ultimate driving >>>>>> machines. As with any supercomputing installation, this one is >>>>>> bound to consume plenty of energy, which translates to high >>>>>> operational expenses. So the car company decided to search for an >>>>>> efficient and environmentally friendly plan to manage their >>>>>> system. >>>>>> They settled on locating the machine at Verne Global’s Ásbrú >>>>>> datacenter in Iceland. >>>>>> >>>>>> The country has become an interesting option for datacenter users >>>>>> because of its perpetually cool climate and cheap energy. >>>>>> Electricity in the island nation costs roughly 4.3 cents per >>>>>> kilowatt-hour, thanks to an abundance of renewable energy sources. >>>>>> The country generates most of its electricity from glacier-fed >>>>>> rivers and geothermal vents. Given these resources, it’s no >>>>>> surprise that Verne Global decided to setup their large scale >>>>>> computing facility at an abandoned NATO Air Force base located in >>>>>> the city of Keflavík. >>>>>> >>>>>> Data Center Knowledge reported that Mario Mueller, BMW’s vice >>>>>> president of IT infrastructure and chair at the Open Data Center >>>>>> Alliance (ODCA), brought up the company’s plans at this year’s >>>>>> Intel Developer Forum. The car company will be Verne Global’s >>>>>> fifth >>>>>> customer after CCP Games, Datapipe, Opin Kerfi and GreenQloud. It >>>>>> will also follow ODCA usage models to guide the cluster’s build. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is certainly not the first time a company or organization has >>>>>> considered alternative approaches to providing energy and cooling >>>>>> to a large computing installation. Apple is utilizing solar panels >>>>>> and methane gas from a local landfill to generate electricity for >>>>>> their iCloud datacenter. The Texas Advanced Computing Center >>>>>> (TACC) >>>>>> deployed a top 10 cluster in an oil submersion cooling system and >>>>>> Facebook built one of the world’s most efficient datacenters in >>>>>> Prineville Oregon using designs from the Open Compute Project.The >>>>>> country has become an interesting option for datacenter users >>>>>> because of its perpetually cool climate and cheap energy. >>>>>> Electricity in the island nation costs roughly 4.3 cents per >>>>>> kilowatt-hour, thanks to an abundance of renewable energy sources. >>>>>> The country generates most of its electricity from glacier-fed >>>>>> rivers and geothermal vents. Given these resources, it’s no >>>>>> surprise that Verne Global decided to setup their large scale >>>>>> computing facility at an abandoned NATO Air Force base located in >>>>>> the city of Keflavík. >>>>>> >>>>>> Data Center Knowledge reported that Mario Mueller, BMW’s vice >>>>>> president of IT infrastructure and chair at the Open Data Center >>>>>> Alliance (ODCA), brought up the company’s plans at this year’s >>>>>> Intel Developer Forum. The car company will be Verne Global’s >>>>>> fifth >>>>>> customer after CCP Games, Datapipe, Opin Kerfi and GreenQloud. It >>>>>> will also follow ODCA usage models to guide the cluster’s build. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is certainly not the first time a company or organization has >>>>>> considered alternative approaches to providing energy and cooling >>>>>> to a large computing installation. Apple is utilizing solar panels >>>>>> and methane gas from a local landfill to generate electricity for >>>>>> their iCloud datacenter. The Texas Advanced Computing Center >>>>>> (TACC) >>>>>> deployed a top 10 cluster in an oil submersion cooling system and >>>>>> Facebook built one of the world’s most efficient datacenters in >>>>>> Prineville Oregon using designs from the Open Compute Project. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>>>>> Computing >>>>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>>>> Computing >>>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>>> Computing >>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
