Thursday, July 23, 2009

10 Gigabit Ethernet and iWARP at heart of new supercomputer

Purdue building 10 Gigabit Ethernet-based supercomputer in one day; IBM strikes OEM deal to resell Juniper Ethernet switches, routers
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10 Gigabit Ethernet and iWARP at heart of new supercomputer

The fact that Purdue was able to build its supercomputer by lunchtime Tuesday is pretty incredible. But the network equipment used is pretty interesting as well. Read full story

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