Windows Breaks Into Supercomputer Top 10 294
yanx0016 writes "Wow, that's some news this week at SuperComputing 08. Apparently Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008, with a Chinese hardware OEM (Dawning), made #10 on the Top500 list, edging out #11 by only 600 Gflops. Folks were shocked to see Microsoft getting so serious around HPC; I think we are only beginning to see a glimpse of Microsoft in the HPC field."
All I read was "Windows Breaks"... (Score:5, Funny)
...and I thought "hey, that's not news. I've known that for years!"
Helping power the Great Firewall of China! (Score:5, Funny)
Arming the "Golden Shield" project with comprehensive IT technology
With the rapid development of the Internet, the public security information construction has become an important component of national information construction. Dawning made contributions in improving information technology level within all of the public security departments, arming the "Golden Shield" project with information technology, equipping the "police" force with digitalization, intensifying the police by technology and comprehensively raising China public security's law enforcement and administrative capacity.
I like how they quote "police" force.
is its firewall enabled? (Score:1, Funny)
may $deity help us if it gets infected...
Re:Cost per MIP or how many CALs (Score:1, Funny)
This is china. Don't you know that this copy of Windows was Pirated!
McColo (Score:5, Funny)
Shortly after coming online, they noticed that it broke a speed record downloading "instructions" from abilena.podolsk-mo.ru
You get so excited about your new supercomputer... (Score:4, Funny)
No doubt HPC will be a requirement... (Score:4, Funny)
to run Windows 7.
Re:i must (Score:3, Funny)
the power of 100,000 BSODs at once (Score:4, Funny)
and 500 screens showing "allow or deny?"
Hopefully, HP will like this (Score:5, Funny)
For once, a computer that deserves the "Vista capable" sticker.
Re:Retarded (Score:4, Funny)
Actually, Microsoft has an interesting idea here, to integrate a high performance computer installation with Windows client software such as Excel. Of course, there's no reason at all the back end supercomputer has to be running Windows, other than the fact that Microsoft will sell you the complete software stack, presumably through system integrators.
Frankly, I don't see why you'd want to do that, but obviously this is out of the box thinking. Maybe they see some application area for this, such as financial services, that is untapped, although if that's the case their timing is not fortuitous...
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Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
Can you imagine a botnet of those?
I can.
Re:Retarded (Score:1, Funny)
Integrating HPC with office apps? Wow, Excel really doesn't hold that much data to need a HPC to process it. Maybe if you're processing millions of Excel files filled to capacity that might be a different story...
Re:i must (Score:5, Funny)
But does it run Linux?
Re:Yeah, mut how much useful stuff is happening? (Score:5, Funny)
FLOPS and MIPS are all very well, but if the OS is pissing them away then it does not matter much.
(Interviewing MS HPC Program Manager)
"Well, yeah it does stuff! Just look. You've got it all right here...Word, Excel, even Access. And just wait until you see how fast the cards fly when you win Solitaire!"
Re:there are lots of Windows developers out there. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Retarded (Score:5, Funny)
Did you ever see the hippos [youtube.com] doing the Dance of the Hours in Disney's Fantasia? It's like that.
Had to be a break-in... (Score:4, Funny)
nobody in their right mind would let Windows in willingly.
Re:Chinese FLOPS? (Score:1, Funny)
hmm..I must inform you sir, that I find it offensive that YOU imply they cheat....I am incensed to inform you, that they DO NOT cheat...EVER...they just lie until they get caught, and then they kill a sacrificial plant manager to show they are concerned about their exports... geez...get it right...
From the Chinese Law firm:
Wiifukmgewd
Norton Antivirus Score? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Helping power the Great Firewall of China! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
Re:All I read was "Windows Breaks"... (Score:3, Funny)
I thought it meant a malware infected Desktop hacked into the top 10 rated supercomputer.
Re:Penis (Score:4, Funny)
Did they measure the performance with or without effect of antivirus software?
(parent comment unrelated)
Re:Retarded (Score:4, Funny)
Now wouldn't it be awesome if they wiped Windows and install Linux after all the PR people leave?
Re:Yeah, mut how much useful stuff is happening? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Obligatory (Score:3, Funny)
The main reason Windows is such a bot magnet is its huge need for constant care and feeding. Joe Sixpack who just bought his new computer at Walmart is in no position to provide this. Presumably the PRC has more resources.
Also, if I were setting up a botnet, I'd avoid infecting computers that belonged to a government that was known to apply the death penalty frequently, both officially and privately.
Supercomputing for dummies? (Score:2, Funny)
So why does anybody need... (Score:3, Funny)
So why does anybody need a cluster of MS Windows servers to run MS Exchange so that people can merely read their email?
If MS can rake up a machine to hit Nr 10 in the performance stakes why can't it make a regular server that can cope with the BAU workloads of medium-sized businesses?
Re:Obligatory (Score:4, Funny)
actually,
40% Funny
30% Insightful
20% Overrated
-- i agree with about 20% of people, a botnet run with windows would be overrated compared to one run off another system, its just quicker to build a windows one.
Vista Capable (Score:4, Funny)
And even *that* computer doesn't run Vista...
(yeah, I know, but still)