17 Dec
2007
17 Dec
'07
6:04 a.m.
Richard wrote:
OK, we talked earlier about how high this architecture
could go and
there was some mention of 256 and 512 processor systems. However, I
just stumbled across a press release at LANL describing their
installation of a massive 6144 processor system consisting of 48 sets
of 128 nodes all arranged as a giant supercomputer:
<http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/1846>
Interesting stuff. Weta Digital had a pretty impressive room full of O2k
hardware rendering the Lord of the Rings effects back around 2001. I'm not
sure if they're even still using SGI, but the rows of double-height O2k
cabinets looked pretty stunning back then - it'd be interesting to find out
what their exact config was.
cheers
Jules