Canada wins the great co-ed cluster challenge

Canuck pride carried Team Canada to victory in the first ever Cluster Challenge event here at Supercomputing. Six university teams gathered at the Supercomputing conference to take part in the Cluster Challenge. The rules of the contest stated that only undergraduates could build the clusters. In addition, the teams only had 26 …

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Posted Thursday 15th November 2007 23:43 GMT

Anonymous Coward

Coat, left, exit........... #

''they had to discuss their hardware and software in an eloquent fashion when probed by judges.''

So it does have a paris hilton angle.

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 08:48 GMT

Shawn Thomas

Stereotypes #

If you're going to use Canadian stereotypes, at least use them correctly. The article subtitle should read, "Nice box, eh? Give me a beer."

It's "eh", not "ey".

Sincerely,

The Canadian Brand Police :)

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 08:48 GMT

Mike

ouch! #

"when probed by judges"...and we all know how painful THAT can be.

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 14:02 GMT

brainwrong

26 amps #

At what voltage? That's a totally meaningless statement on its own.

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 14:47 GMT

Thorin

RE: 26 amps #

I think it's fair to assume standard'ish power supplies so likely 110v (maybe 220v).

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 15:42 GMT

Peter

120V #

In Canada, the voltage would be 120V.

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 19:29 GMT

B Gracey

Voltage #

Erm, no... in Canada the voltage can be anything, just as it can in any other part of the world. Just because the standard AC outlet hovers around 120V, does not mean they didn't have two (or more) phases available. 208V or 240V are just as likely to be available as 120V in North America, depending upon the venue.

And if I am not mistaken, SC07 took place in Reno, NV... nowhere near Canada.

brainwrong is right... 26A means nothing out of context. Maybe it's 26A on the 5V rail - i.e. one standard power supply. We may never know.

Posted Friday 16th November 2007 19:32 GMT

Ashlee Vance

Re: Voltage #

Sorry, should have put this in the story. From the cluster challenge site

"A single 30 amp, 110 volt circuit will be provided with a soft cap at 26 amps. Alarms will be sent electronically if power draw exceeds this amount and penalties may be assessed for excess draw."

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