96 Processors Under Your Desktop 350
Roland Piquepaille writes "A small Santa Clara-based company, Orion Multisystems, today unveils a new concept in computing, 'cluster workstations.' In October, you'll be able to choose between a 12-processor unit for less than $10,000 or a 96-processor system for less than $100,000. These new systems are powered by Efficeon processor from Transmeta and are running Fedora Linux version 2.6.6. Apparently, this new company has friends in the industry. You already can read articles in CNET News.com ("A renaissance for the workstation?"), the New York Times ("A PC That Packs Real Power, and All Just for Me," free registration, permanent link) and the Wall Street Journal ("Orion Sees Gold in Moribund Workstations," paid registration). The company is targeting engineers, life scientists and movie animators. It's too early to know if the company can be successful, but I would certainly have to get one of these systems under my desk. In this overview, I've picked the essential details from the three stories mentioned above."
Dual 2.5GHZ (Score:5, Funny)
Friends in the industry (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently Slashdot is one of them
yeah but (Score:4, Funny)
Re:For a moment... (Score:5, Funny)
128? who the fuck needs 128 processors? you have to think in resonable proportions! sheeeeeesh..
AMD instead of Transmeta? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For a moment... (Score:5, Funny)
Because 96 reversed is...
64 and 128 reversed don't have the same flavor
96?!?! (Score:0, Funny)
Man..... (Score:2, Funny)
What the Orion employees do with them, SERIOUSLY (Score:3, Funny)
"Gotta work late today, honey. Oh, sorry, is this the Pizza place? Could you please hold one sec?"
"Gotta work late again today, honey..."
Beowolf Cluster (Score:5, Funny)
Less than $10,000 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Under my desktop? (Score:1, Funny)
Isn't there a Jay-Z song about this? (Score:5, Funny)
I got 96 processors and you got one!"
a positive Slashdot effect? (Score:5, Funny)
Way to go!
PowerPC vs x86 flamewar... (Score:2, Funny)
gentoo (Score:5, Funny)
96? That's it? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:AMD instead of Transmeta? (Score:5, Funny)
First you say it'd be cool, then it'd be hot
Cool (Score:-1, Funny)
Re:Friends in the industry (Score:5, Funny)
Please send pricing.
Re:For a moment... (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory /. joke (Score:0, Funny)
With so many GigE connections inside that box, I guess Sun's "the network is the computer" finally came through.
On the other hand, this is also "the computer is the cluster" at the same time.
Re:Cooling? (Score:5, Funny)
Any ideas?
I've got one!
96 processors on the motherboard,
96 processors on the motherboard,
take one down,
pass it around,
95 processors on the motherboard...
Santa-Claus (Score:2, Funny)
$1000/processor? (Score:3, Funny)
Where's the rest of the cost coming from?
I mean it's cool, but if I had $100k that absolutely needed to be spent, I'd get a Viper or something instead of a big server.
<ducks>
for the bourgeois (Score:2, Funny)
Good ol' WSJ, that hardcore tech rag. Next they'll tell me the brains march off little soldiers to various parts of Computer Land to give orders and bring back messages.
Re:Fedora 2.6.6? (Score:3, Funny)
You misspelled "idiots". PRNewswire [slashdot.org] doesn't have "editors".
Re:I just couldn't resist..just this once! (Score:2, Funny)
Well, in addition to the "rim shot" mod.... (Score:2, Funny)
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Here, I'll start things off for everybody:
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In Soviet Russia....bitch slaps YOU!
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Thank you, and have a pleasant evening....
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Re:yeah but (Score:5, Funny)
probably, but the main character is still doesnt have enough processing power out-of-the-box to use both a gun and the flashlight simultaneously...
Re:gentoo (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For a moment... (Score:3, Funny)
-Charlie
Re:Friends in the industry (Score:4, Funny)