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A Linux cluster coming to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory later this year will be the most powerful Linux or Intel-based supercomputer ever built.
HP has signed a partnership with Linux NetworX under which each company will use technology from the other for lower-cost supercomputers, the companies plan to announce.
Quadrics, which manufactures gear that links numerous Linux computers into a single supercomputer, has made its products compatible with systems built around Intel's Itanium 2 chip.
Intel has come out with a Pentium 4 running at 3.2GHz and separately has plans to discuss a new version of its upcoming Madison chip specially enhanced for dual-processor servers and workstations.
A Linux cluster coming to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory later this year will be the most powerful Linux or Intel-based supercomputer ever built.
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