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<P>-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Mark Hahn <hahn@mcmaster.ca> <BR><BR>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=312084283 <BR>> <BR>> very amusing and effective stunt for SiCortex! though I wonder <BR>> whether the total carbon footprint winds up being bigger than when <BR>> using conventional power (ie, that the human+foodchain system is <BR>> itself fairly high-carbon...) <BR>> </P>
<P>Right. Maybe running of a bunch of photo-voltaics would have been more hydrocarbon friendly (if not market grabbing), but the machine is more peak-efficient (there is little benchmark data out there) per watt than Blue Gene by my calculation, more balanced than Opteron (not than a Cray), and has a very cool custom interconnect. It takes some baby steps in the direction of "many-core" with more and simpler cores than the current generation of x86-64 chips. If it is possible for custom machines to regain traction in this space, I think SiCortex's systems are the best bet.</P>
<P>Regards,</P>
<P>rbw</P>
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