145,152-core Cheyenne supercomputer was 20th most powerful in the world in 2016.
gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996
current price is $100,000
Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer
Submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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Mac@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
moistclump@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If all of Lenny’s users pool together it should cost just, like, $1000 each. We can each rotate our use to 3.7 days a year.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
But does it run crysis?
thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Fuck they, run Doom on it
UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
What is the power bill for running that for one day in, say, San Francisco?
sudo42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What’s amazing is that 99% of people are reading this article on a supercomputer. Likely one that fits in their pocket. If the technology trend continues like it has for the past 70 years or so, we’ll probably have Cheyenne-equivalent computers on our desktops, if not our pockets, in 10-20 years.
If you can afford to be patient, you can get Cheyenne a lot cheaper and a lot smaller.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You didn’t know what you’re talking about
USSEthernet@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
Oh damn, those are the same CPUs I have in my server. Got them off ebay on the cheap.
ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
Sabotage the local grid mining cryptocurrency.
PaX@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
We could make our money back if the RSA factoring challenges were still being paid, we would prob have enough computing power and people to figure out some kind of improved sieve
Just dreaming…
ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
This all sounds great but what about 1000 chrome tabs open at once and NO ad blockers?
Resol@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not a PS3.
PaX@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
buys it
just games on it
region-wide blackouts all the time now
“they really should fix that”
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Something something Crysis.