Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 13615 invoked by uid 6000); 10 Feb 1999 18:39:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 13535 invoked from network); 10 Feb 1999 18:39:53 -0000 Received: from pez.hyperreal.org (207.181.224.6) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 10 Feb 1999 18:39:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 78924 invoked by uid 4000); 10 Feb 1999 18:40:15 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 10 Feb 1999 18:40:15 -0000 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 10:40:15 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Behlendorf To: new-httpd@hyperreal.org Subject: Reconfigurable Supercomputers (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org I'd like to see the specweb numbers for Apache running on this :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Link: http://slashdot.org/articles/99/02/10/0852241.shtml Posted by: CmdrTaco, on 1999-02-10 08:52:35 EDT Dept: stuff-to-poke-at, topic: Technology [1]VanL writes " A [2]previously unknown company has come up with a supercomputer design using programmable logic components. If this is right, this might be another case of a garage inventor changing the computing paradigm. In the meantime, they are claiming incredible things from their demo computer: It is the worlds fastest computer (3-4x faster than IBM's Pacific Blue, and 10x faster than a Cray); it is fault-tolerant enough that you could shoot a bullet through it and it would keep on working; it will run any operating system out-of-the-box; and it is the size of a normal desktop computer and runs off household current. They call it HAL. ;) Check out the [3]press release, a [4]news story, and a more detailed description of the company and the technology [5]here. " References 1. mailto:vel2@email.byu.edu 2. http://www.starbridgesystems.com/ 3. http://www.starbridgesystems.com/release.html 4. http://www.ksl.com/dump/news/cc/features/computer.htm 5. http://www.starbridgesystems.com/about.html