Re: FW: Boeing puts Linux, AMD supercomputer in orbit

["Andreas Lund" <floyd atc no>]

> The only surprise to me was the choice of AMD - until there are SMP boards
I'd
> not have thought a machine built from single-CPU boards with AMD
processors
> could compete with two or four CPU boards featuring Pentium IIIs. I'd
expect
> 24 boards cheaper to buy, house and feed than 96.

On the other hand, you get higher performance per CPU if you don't use SMP.
AMD processors do give the "most bang for the buck" at the moment compared
to Intel, and single CPU motherboards are dirt cheap compared to dual or
quad ones.


Andreas Lund (floyd@atc.no)
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