Hmm
"...x86-based kit."
"...the new system should have a minimum of 128 processor cores..."
Sounds more like a giant radiator to me...
Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation), has issued a tender to replace its Silicon Graphics Altix 4700 systems with Linux x86-based kit. The tender, which closes on 1 March, seeks a system with double the capacity of the Altix, compatibility with existing …