Very soon, we are going to see a really awesome supercomputer CX1, which would run on upcoming Windows HPC Server 2008. The greatest ability of this supercomputer has to be its capacity to multitask. Cray has teamed up with Microsoft for this cool product. The CX1 would have 16 Intel Xeon processors and you could choose between dual or quad core. This means you would have a processor that could have 64 cores! The 8 supercomputing nodes accommodate 64GB of memory per node and the internal storage of 4TB is simply unbelievable.

Price and Availability: One could custom figure the CX1, and it would cost between $25,000 and $60,000.

Watch This: The fact that this supercomputer isn’t just for research establishments or defense institutions makes it more accessible, and many could consider buying, though the costs are prohibitive.

Word around the Web:

Darren Murph at Engadget:

“C’mon, who here doesn’t want their very own supercomputer to do, um, whatever they want with?”

Stacey Higginbotham at Gigaom:

“The Cray CX1 computer launched today, with specs that include either 32 or 64 Intel cores and 4 terabytes of internal storage.”

Via: Gizmodo