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IBM selling Cell-based blade servers: $19000 each with dual 3.2 GHz Cell CPUs
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http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6115...&subj=news
The QS20 blades, each with two 3.2GHz Cell Broadband Engine processors, are good for high-performance computing tasks such as seismic research, encryption, digital image rendering and military surveillance.
An IBM representative refused to say how much the blades cost, but a customer announcement said they run $18,995 each. The systems, announced Tuesday, are expected to be available Sept. 29, with a $1,950 InfiniBand high-speed network option arriving Oct. 27, IBM said.
Unlike IBM blades with Big Blue's Power processors, Intel's Xeon or Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron, the Cell blades can't be intermixed with other varieties in the same BladeCenter chassis. The systems run Red Hat's Fedora Core 5 version of Linux.
Suddenly the Sony PS3 seems like a bargain. 
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Good thing Apple didn't go with the Cell.
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8 Core 2.8 ghz Mac Pro/GF8800/2 23" Cinema Displays, 3.06 ghz Macbook Pro
Once you wanted revolution, now you're the institution, how's it feel to be the man?
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Aww, but I'd like to run seismic research, encryption, digital image rendering and military surveillance on my Mac Pro. : pouts :
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