On 04/04/2013 02:37 PM, Michael Di Domenico wrote: > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Prentice Bisbal > <prentice.bis...@rutgers.edu> wrote: >> IBM pulled out of the proposal, not NCSA, and it was because it wasn't >> profitable enough for IBM to continue, not because IBM's solution was >> too expensive, or wasn't working. I wouldn't call the Cray solution >> commodity, either. It uses a proprietary network, and Keplers used it in >> don't look like normal, off-the-shelf PCIE packaging in the videos I've >> seen. I could wrong about that last part, though. I'm sure the > As i understood it, the Kepler cards are using a M (something) type > connectors which is common to laptop's, so in that regard it is a > commodity component > That explains it. Thanks for the clarification.
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