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UCLA Plasma Physics 256 G5 Cluster

Monday July 5, 2004 5:40 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
ThinkSecret reports that UCLA's Plasma Physics Group is in the process of building a cluster composed of 256 Dual G5 Xserves.

According to ThinkSecret:

Xserves running Mac OS X Server proved to be the most cost-effective, straightforward and appropriate choice for the application, plasma physics research.


Previously submitted to MacRumors: the team has setup a webcam to allow internet readers to follow along the construction of the cluster.
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MacBytes
99 months ago
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Link: UCLA Plasma Physics to build 256 Xserve G5 cluster
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nagromme
99 months ago
Sounds like the Xserve is a real win for Apple.

But why doesn't Apple hype the fact that iTunes Music Store runs off of Panther and Xserves? They announced that once early on, and it seems like a case study worthy of more attention on their site. The iTunes pages should say "running on Mac OS X" etc.
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stoid
99 months ago
But I thought the Macs were too expensive and didn't have software and weren't compatible.



Oh.




Wait.




YAY!!!! Is the veil finally lifting, the clouds clearing, and the fog dissipating?? Go Apple!

Go orange!

GO BANANA!! :eek:
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macridah
99 months ago
cool. I guess a graduated from UCLA a little too early. I probably would of had chance to at least see that cluster cuz I practically lived in the math and physics building.

There's always grad school.
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Sabbath
99 months ago
Its really good to see the xServe making an impact. It seems Apples enterprise stuff is really well priced and starting to make a real impact. I think this should have some nice implications for the mac industry and us users, as macs become more and more acceptable to business.
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wordmunger
99 months ago
Xserves are now shipping in 1-2 weeks from Apple Store. I wonder how Terascale (the original "Big Mac" at Virginia Tech) is doing in its project to upgrade to Xserves.
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MacFan25
99 months ago
I'm really surprised at how much cheaper the Apple Supercomputers are compared to others. The Earth Simulator cost $350 million, and now the U.S. Army is going to use the #2 fastest (or at least its projected to be that fast) supercomputer for $5.8 million. :eek: That's a heck of a deal!

I think we will continue to see stories like these as those in the supercomputing industry realize the affordability of supercomputers built with macs.
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nagromme
99 months ago
Ongoing energy costs seem to be a Mac benefit too. I've seen low power usage per performance mentioned in articles regarding the new UCLA cluster as well as the Xserves on US Navy subs.
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slipper
99 months ago
geeze, supercomputers are getting to be so cheap now, soon well be able to buy them at our local discount stores :D
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svenr
99 months ago
Do you guys remember this article?
http://news.com.com/2452-7339-5137856.html
Especially the last paragraph... Hahaha....
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