http://mndoci.com/2008/12/09/industry-watching-is-this-the-end/ ruminations on science, data and computing by Deepak Singh Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://mndoci.com/2008/12/09/industry-watching-is-this-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-301607 Whither SGI? « A Man With A Ph.D. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:42:46 +0000 http://mndoci.com/blog/?p=1138#comment-301607 [...] December 10, 2008 — Richard by blakespot Industry watching: Is this the end?: [Via business|bytes|genes|molecules] One wouldn’t have been able to tell looking at the huge [...] [...] December 10, 2008 — Richard by blakespot Industry watching: Is this the end?: [Via business|bytes|genes|molecules] One wouldn’t have been able to tell looking at the huge [...]

]]> http://mndoci.com/2008/12/09/industry-watching-is-this-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-302559 mndoci Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:53:16 +0000 http://mndoci.com/blog/?p=1138#comment-302559 I loved my two Octanes, which were heavily souped up. One was my main machine and the other my 100% computation box. Loved the way you could slide out the motherboard with minimum fuss and add memory, etc. Beautiful I loved my two Octanes, which were heavily souped up. One was my main machine and the other my 100% computation box. Loved the way you could slide out the motherboard with minimum fuss and add memory, etc. Beautiful

]]> http://mndoci.com/2008/12/09/industry-watching-is-this-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-301560 mndoci Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:53:16 +0000 http://mndoci.com/blog/?p=1138#comment-301560 I loved my two Octanes, which were heavily souped up. One was my main machine and the other my 100% computation box. Loved the way you could slide out the motherboard with minimum fuss and add memory, etc. Beautiful I loved my two Octanes, which were heavily souped up. One was my main machine and the other my 100% computation box. Loved the way you could slide out the motherboard with minimum fuss and add memory, etc. Beautiful

]]> http://mndoci.com/2008/12/09/industry-watching-is-this-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-301559 John Gardner Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:18:55 +0000 http://mndoci.com/blog/?p=1138#comment-301559 i always loved the shapes of the boxen they made. the O2's in the lab just screamed "awesome" compared to the sun pizza boxes and everything else beige and square that everyone else was making. i always loved the shapes of the boxen they made. the O2's in the lab just screamed “awesome” compared to the sun pizza boxes and everything else beige and square that everyone else was making.

]]> http://mndoci.com/2008/12/09/industry-watching-is-this-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-301539 agbiotec Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:47:40 +0000 http://mndoci.com/blog/?p=1138#comment-301539 Well back in the mid-nineties you needed SGI's and specialized operating systems to do serious computing...now with the multi-core desktops, and ultra-hackable Linux you can do almost what you can do with those specialized machines...and if on of that you add the hadoop et al. magic stuff that you can do with commodity hardware, then it's no surprise that SGI files Chapter 11... Well back in the mid-nineties you needed SGI's and specialized operating systems to do serious computing…now with the multi-core desktops, and ultra-hackable Linux you can do almost what you can do with those specialized machines…and if on of that you add the hadoop et al. magic stuff that you can do with commodity hardware, then it's no surprise that SGI files Chapter 11…

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