AMD Opterons Help Power #2 Supercomputer
15th Nov 2006, 05:09 GMT
The Cray-based supercomputer built for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, many of whose 26,544 processors are actually AMD Opteron 2.4 GHz dual-cores, leapt from the #9 to the #2 spot on the semi-annual list of the Top 500 performing supercomputers. For the first time in awhile, Intel took a hit, and Windows got wiped off the map.
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