US government auctions off supercomputer with 8,000 Intel CPUs and 300TB of RAM
The US General Services Administration (GSA), an independent US government agency, is set to auction off what is now the 160th fastest supercomputer.
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The US General Services Administration (GSA), an independent US government agency, is set to auction off what is now the 160th fastest supercomputer.
Cheyenne supercomputer is up for grabs Fancy owning a piece of computing history or need a cheap supercomputer to assist your plan for global dominati...
A high-end gaming personal computer can set you back around $5,000, a top-of-the-range Macbook Pro much the same. Chump change, however, compared to what you might end up paying for the Cheyenne, a former US government "super computer" that has been on auction for a week and is going-going but not yet gone, with the top bid slightly over $480,000. The auction was set to close on May 5 with the highest bid to "be considered for award of the sale," albeit with the US government reserving for itsel
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There's still time left to bid for a 145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer that was once the 20th most powerful computer in the world.