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=== Nodes === | === Nodes === | ||
* Intel Nehalem processors | * Intel Nehalem processors | ||
* 4 core processors | * 4 core processors minimum | ||
** | ** Six cores still expensive | ||
* 1.5GB RAM per core | * 1.5GB RAM per core | ||
Revision as of 19:36, 15 December 2009
Damascus is the working name for the Earlham Computer Science Department's upcoming cluster computer.
At the moment Damascus exists only as a $40,000 grant and a growing list of specifications:
Budget
- $35,000 (leaving $5,000 for discretionary spending)
Nodes
- Intel Nehalem processors
- 4 core processors minimum
- Six cores still expensive
- 1.5GB RAM per core
Specialty Nodes
- Two nodes should support CUDA GPGPU
Network
- Gigabit Ethernet fabric with switch