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Virginia Tech Supercomputer Cluster Photos [Updated]

Virginia Tech posted an extensive collection of photos [photos removed. Small Mirror] documenting the assembly and deployment of their Supercomputer Cluster which consists of 1100 PowerMac G5s.

Virginia Tech's Supercomputer cluster drew significant interest after it was revealed that it was to be composed of 1100 PowerMac Dual 2.0GHz G5s at the end of August. Additional information is available at the Terascale site at Virginia Tech.

The initial target date for start of operations is October 1, 2003.

Update: A full mirror of all images is now up.

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