Re:10 petaflop supercomputer in the making, will take US bac...
by mortenjorck on Thursday November 18, 2010 @01:41PM
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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!
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!