[mdlug] Top 500 PowerXCell 8i

[Jonathan Billings]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:20:55AM -0500, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 06:11:19AM -0800, David Lane wrote:
> >
> > www.Top500.org is a site that I visit from time to time and you will
> > find that Linux has by far the most entries in the top 500 fastest
> > computers. 
> > 
> > The chip that powers is the PowerXcell 8i
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor). 
> > 
> > I still have not found a street proce for the chip, LOL
> 
> You can buy a system with Cells in it for around $399.99:
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001COU9I6

In all honesty, there is an IBM BladeCenter with the PowerXcell 8i:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/qs22/index.html

It's not cheap.  Nearly $10k for a blade with 2 8i processors in it.


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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>