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Re:10 petaflop supercomputer in the making, will take US bac... by blhack on Thursday November 18, 2010 @12:03AM (#1916948)
Huh, maybe it's because I already know what it does, but I actually think that racks of machines are really cool looking.

Stuff like this: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Marenostrum&gbv...

is just really cool.

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Re:10 petaflop supercomputer in the making, will take US bac... by mortenjorck on Thursday November 18, 2010 @01:41PM (#1918794)
Well, yes, but that's the MareNostrum!

It may be a bunch of 1U blade servers, but the architecture plays a huge part in building its presence: The location, the contrast between classical ecclesiastical design and stark modernism, the glass, the color choices, the dramatic lighting...

Compare that with a gray room with a drop ceiling and fluorescent lights. The hardware may be the same, but the effect is not in the same ballpark!

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