What
usually takes several years at costs in the hundreds of millions of dollars has recently been done in a month for just over US$5 million. The task? Building a world-class supercomputer, specifically the Virginia Tech supercomputer. The New York Times has taken its turn at covering the project, which is unofficially dubbed "Big Mac," further increasing Apple's PR reach for the project. According to the article, the supercomputer, powered by 2,200 IBM G5 processors, has been initially rated at computing 7.41 trillion operations per second. The final number could be much higher, according to school officials, but if not, it would rank as the #4 fastest supercomputing cluster in the world
Check It Out: New York Times Looks At G5 Supercomputer, Offers New Performance Numbers