Beautiful Computer


	Beautiful Computer

The Rooster

8-25-2007 8:39 AM

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beauty, computer, design, super computer, cables

The Rooster says:

Nicely designed and housed super computer

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8-25-2007 9:12 AM

-dima-

beautiful

8-25-2007 5:21 PM

skwirlinator

powerful

9-19-2007 7:37 PM

austingt40

*Steals it* It was mine, they stole it from me first =P

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/788408e5-6cc7-49b2-a26a-2497dd336a46/9A3738B7-80F7-4CED-92E1-9D24E37DEB6F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in" href="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.sun.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in"><P>
With my supercomputer-as-art background from <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines">Thinking Machines</A>, I'm 
perhaps pre-disposed
to appreciate nicely done computers and computer installations. I was blown away when I saw
the photos below of <A href="http://www.bsc.es/plantillaA.php?cat_id=5">MareNostrum</A>, currently the 
<A href="http://top500.org/lists/2007/06">9th largest supercomputer in the world</A> and
the largest in Europe, which is installed in a <A href="http://www.bsc.es/plantillaA.php?cat_id=120">former chapel</A> at the Barcelona Supercomputing
Center (<A href="http://www.bsc.es/index.php">BSC</A>). Wow.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.sun.com/img/EB156BC2-3636-4573-B839-1610CF749EBC" alt="[marenostrum at the barcelona supercomputing center, view1]" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.sun.com/img/61788B89-2ED0-4F64-84FA-7BB0F75C3EC9" alt="[marenostrum at the barcelona supercomputing center, view2]" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.sun.com/img/D5B6BBDF-E92D-42A0-B344-351CD4D55D4A" alt="[marenostrum at the barcelona supercomputing center, under floor]" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.sun.com/img/89528CC9-DB73-4CFD-85A6-46F8C67F4E64" alt="[marenostrum at the barcelona supercomputing center, rear view]" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in">
MareNostrum's <A href="http://www.myri.com/myrinet/product_list.html">Myrinet</A> interconnect fabric requires <A href="http://www.bsc.es/plantillaA.php?cat_id=203">four cabinets</A>. <A href="http://www.myri.com/">Myricom</A> did a nice job of reducing the cable count as much
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Contrast this with Sun's <A href="http://www.sun.com/servers/hpc/SunConstellationTechPreview.jsp">Constellation System</A> approach, which uses one large, <A href="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/petascale_unveiled_photos_from_dresden">ultra-dense InfiniBand switch</A> (therefore no inter-switch cabling) and node connections that are bundled three per-cable and connected directly to Constellation's ultra-dense blade chassis. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.sun.com/simons/entry/the_most_beautiful_supercomputer_in">This
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