A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis
The Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain has unveiled a 1:1 scale visual replica of the famous Cray-1 supercomputer from 1976.
Ars Technica reports that the Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain has unveiled a 1:1 scale visual replica of the famous Cray-1 supercomputer from 1976.
Instead of sourcing expensive, cutting-edge tech to run the system, the creative team powered the project with 30 2012-era Mac Minis. Developed over 18 months, the project serves as a 50th-anniversary tribute to the Cray-1 and Apple's founding.
This technology story centres on Spain. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Cray-, Mac Minis and Museo de Historia.
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- Spain · Europe
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- Cray-, Mac Minis, Museo de Historia, Computación
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- Technology
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- Mac Minis from over a decade ago might not seem like the obvious first choice for building a cluster supercomputer, but when networked together, the developers can orchestrate the 64 active processing cores… (Ars Technica)
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