Interesting times, GlobalFoundries getting IBMs CPU business... http://globalfoundries.com/newsroom/press-releases/2014/10/20/globalfoundries-to-acquire-ibm's-microelectronics-business
and IBM appears to be paying GF $1.5bn for the privilege of taking it off their hands. http://www.cnet.com/news/ibm-offloads-chip-business-to-globalfoundries-for-1-5b/ IBM will at least continue CPU research for 5 years. -- Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative Email: sam...@unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci _______________________________________________ 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
