Win the desktop hardware wars hands down with a new product from Orion Multisystems (http://www.orionmultisystems.com/). The company recently announced the DS-96 (pictured at right) a 96-node workstation that offers 230 gigaflops peak performance in a case just slightly larger than that of a traditional desktop.
The Linux- based DS-96 uses eight boards, each with 12 Transmeta processors, and can hold up to 192 GB of RAM and nearly 10 TB of disk space. Amazingly, all of this number crunching madness uses a standard 15-amp wall outlet and weighs only 150 pounds.
The DS-96, which can be clustered in groups of four, is designed for scientific and engineering applications. It’s ideal for an organization that cannot afford the space, staff, or requirements of a traditional cluster.
Starting at $100k, the DS-96 will surely make you king of the geek jungle. Or any jungle.
A Trip to the Zoo
O’Reilly Media (http://www.oreilly.com/) and SpikeSource (http://www.spikesource.com/) have teamed up to launch a great site for the open source community, CodeZoo (http://www.codezoo.com/). Described as a “fast forward button for your compiler”, CodeZoo aims to help programmers find and make use of the wealth of open source software available.
CodeZoo focuses on code that’s been designed for reuse so you can quickly get to work. When you search for relevant code, you’ll also find links to O’Reilly books, articles, and blogs that might help your…
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