Can Linux Help Save SGI?

“One of Linux’s supposed barriers in high performance computing is the ‘eight processor limit.’ SGI says their new Altix 3000 line, running a patched 2.4.19 kernel, handily breaks this barrier — it can run up to 64 Intel Itanium 2 microprocessers — and that “superclusters” built with SGI’s Linux-based products can outperform generic Linux clusters in some applications by a large enough margin to justify their additional cost.” Read the full article at NewsForge.

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