A New Concept in Supercomputers

Steve Kerrison writes "With the power of CPUs ever-increasing and the number of cores in a system increasing too, having a supercomputer sit under your desk is no longer a pipe dream. But generally speaking, the extreme high end of modern computing consists of a big ugly box housing that generates a lot of noise. A UK system integrator has developed a concept PC that blows that all away. The eXtreme Concept PC (XCP) has quite a romantic design story, with inspiration coming from concept cars and the sarcophagus-like Cray T90. The end result is a system that resembles a Cylon — computing power never looked so ominous. Although just a concept, the company behind the design reckons there could be a (small) market for the systems, with varying levels of compute power accompanied by appropriate (say, LN2) cooling."

ugh

[notoriousE]

it looks like an effed up futuristic robotic pet that was vomited up by a mad scientist or something

id rather get punched in the junk and given a 486 than have that thing sit under my desk where friends could potentially see it

wow

[darkwhite]

Reminds me of the Badonkadonk land cruiser [amazon.com].

Seriously, that design is stupendously atrocious. It looks like a blood-stained crib. There are a lot of ways to present modern server form factors in sexy ways; this is not one of them.

Re:Bad Childish Design

[xarak]

Überparent never said it would be at the same time...

Re:Bad Childish Design

[SmokeyTheBalrog]

Supercomputers aren't about "cheap", they're about having the speed and power to crush the other kids.

There, fixed your post for you.

Re:Why?

[DAldredge]

Sysadmins aren't people? :)?

Re:Supercomputers?

[morcheeba]

... not until they invent the gigantic desk!