[geeks] New Cray?

Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm at mendelson.com
Tue Sep 16 12:51:40 CDT 2008


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 01:45:09PM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

>But this is not coming out when those did.  It's a matter of timing.  A 
>computer the same speed as a Cray-1 is not a supercomputer if it is 
>first released today.

I know, I was being sarcastic. If it can be sold as an underdesk 
supercomputer, I've met people who would buy one (and I'm sure you
know them too), who would so that they would have one and you wouldn't.


>I doubt it'll be any different from any other PC, just because the 
>limiting factor is going to be the disk I/O.

Again sarcasm. Sorry.

Geoff.
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