“The PowerMac PPC xServes did use Error Correcting memory. Flash in the pan? They were still in daily service as of this year last I heard.”
The first multi-million-dollar PowerMac cluster did not and was entirely removed from service.
“And you have no idea in what fields I work.”
Nothing even remotely technical. That much is clear.
You still have not done the math on the rotational speed of those helicopter rotor tips have you?
It still cost 1/5th cost of the next lowest priced of the top ten fastest supercomputers. That's a lot of bang for the buck... and they recovered every penny of the investment to be used for the upgrade by reselling the 1100 PowerMacs for more than they paid for them.
After it proved the concept, and was rated as the third fastest supercomputer in the world, it was upgraded to use xServes to take up less space... and less energy. The upgraded version was still in service as of 2008, five years later, but way down the list. From what I hear, stability had little to do with the decision to upgrade.
Do you have any documentation for your claims?
And the xServe solution made of Apple Mac Xserves was still three times less expensive than any of the top ten and was still the seventh fastest. That still belies your claims of "hype" and being "screwed.".
It still cost 1/5th cost of the next lowest priced of the top ten fastest supercomputers. That's a lot of bang for the buck... and they recovered every penny of the investment to be used for the upgrade by reselling the 1100 PowerMacs for more than they paid for them.
After it proved the concept, and was rated as the third fastest supercomputer in the world, it was upgraded to use xServes to take up less space... and less energy. The upgraded version was still in service as of 2008, five years later, but way down the list. From what I hear, stability had little to do with the decision to upgrade.
Do you have any documentation for your claims?
And the xServe solution made of Apple Mac Xserves was still three times less expensive than any of the top ten and was still the seventh fastest. That still belies your claims of "hype" and being "screwed.".