US Army Purchases 5 Linux Supercomputers for TI-06 Upgrades

When the fighting force that defends a county puts their trust in an OS other than Windows based alternatives, does this not say something about the OS being chosen in its place? Granted, they are needing the clustering ability, but still…Linux and the Army; cool beans.

The ability to use open-source operating systems like Linux with “clusters” of computing hardware that include many commodity components has really changed the supercomputing landscape. Complex physics-based problems that are three dimensional and time-dependent are especially difficult, and benefit greatly from the additional computing power per dollar that’s rapidly becoming available. This has had a significant impact in sectors like movies and TV, energy, and pharmaceuticals - not to mention the defense industry. [Read the rest]

[tags]linux supercomputers,open-source operating systems,pharmaceuticals[/tags]