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Spanish museum builds Cray-1 replica with 30 Intel Mac minis
A computing museum in Spain has built a life-size replica of the Cray-1, a famous supercomputer.
The replica uses 30 older Intel Mac minis mounted inside a tower designed to look like the original.
The computers run macOS and work together as a cluster, rather than using the Cray-1’s original method of processing data.
The replica averages 1.3 teraflops, compared with 160 megaflops for the original Cray-1.
It is only about half full, and the museum has launched a fundraiser to add 70 to 80 newer Mac minis.
The museum hopes that filling the tower will help the system reach the Top500 list of supercomputers.
A Spanish computing museum has built a full-scale visual replica of a Cray-1 supercomputer using 30 Intel Mac minis.
The replica delivers an average of 1.3 teraflops, compared with 160 megaflops for the original Cray-1.
The project took 18 months and was created to mark the 50th anniversaries of the Cray-1 and Apple’s founding.
The system runs macOS Mojave 10.14 and uses Message Passing Interface software to connect its processors.
The museum is seeking funding for 70 to 80 more Mac minis to fill the tower and hopes the system can reach the Top500 list.
- Who
- The Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain built the replica.
- What
- It is a full-scale visual replica of a Cray-1 supercomputer, powered by 30 Intel Mac minis.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- The Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain.
- Why
- The project celebrates the 50th anniversaries of the Cray-1 and Apple’s founding.
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- Mac minis
- 30 Intel Mac minis
- Performance
- 1.3 teraflops on average
- Original Cray-1 performance
- 160 megaflops
- Processors
- 64 cores: 25 dual-core i5 models and five quad-core i7 models
- Software
- macOS Mojave 10.14 with Message Passing Interface support
- Project duration
- 18 months
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