[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: New SGI Origin 3900 puts 128p in a rack

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Dave Lloyd wrote:

> The new SGI Origin 3900 quadruples the CPU density of the Origin 3800 so
> you can get 128 processors and 256gb memory in one rack, and still
> scales up to 512p on one single system image.  The 3900 also has support
> for the new PCI-X standard as well (http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pci_x).
>
> http://www.sgi.com/origin/3000/overview.html


Well, that's pretty sweet.  I bet we'll have one of those babies by next
year!  The really great thing about these Origins is the way memory is
shared by the CPUs - same as on the 3800, but there's more of it to go
around (up to one TB!!).

Mike

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