12 Oct
2008
12 Oct
'08
2:18 p.m.
On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:44 AM, William Donzelli wrote:
Not sure I agree, there.
No, the J90 is at the end of the line. ;)
Yup. Now THAT is what I'd call "vintage".
Yup. They're also faster than SV1s. There are quite a few C90s
in production, and they're even older.
I think you're thinking the production HPC world (as opposed to
"research HPC") has faster "turnover" than it actually does.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Eight,
actually. My employer is about to be, and there are quite
a few
others.
Still, getting long in the tooth. Wiki says ten years.
It was built in 2000.
With design
cycles measured in years rather than weeks, the
supercomputer world doesn't consider things "obsolete" as quickly
as the PC
world.
OK, but you have to admit that the SV1 line is at the end of the line. Indeed, the
code is being developed on a 25-year-old super, but
admittedly only because it's available and compatible.
Well, that was one of the major selling points of the EL line. Besides,
SV1ex machines are still pretty pricey, and T90s are pretty
difficult to find, and WAY out of any reasonable price range.
Is anyone even using a T90, for that matter? They are older than SV1s.