Virginia Tech Supercluster
by Derrick StoryNetwork Newsletter for 09/30/2003
Dear Reader,
If you've been following the story out of Virginia Tech where the Terascale Computing Facility is building a supercluster consisting of 1,100 Power Mac Dual 2 GHz G5s, then you have some idea what an ambitious endeavor this is.
Our tradition at O'Reilly is to get the story directly from those who are involved. So we invited Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan, the project director, to speak at our upcoming Mac OS X Conference in Santa Clara, California, which kicks off in the last week of October. Dr. Varadarajan has accepted and will provide the ultimate insider's view to this effort.
If you were planning to attend the conference, circle Tuesday night, October 28 on your calendar. If you can't make it out to Santa Clara, then follow the news on Mac DevCenter, where we'll be writing about the Virginia Tech supercluster and all the other interesting news emanating from the show.
Until next week,
-Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Managing Editor
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