SGI Clusters Linux - Scalability an issue??

[Mark Street]

Nah....

SGI's New Linux Servers and Superclusters Shatter Scalability and
Performance Records

SGI Altix 3000 Family Blends Supercomputing Architecture with
Standards-Based Environment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Jan 7, 2003)--SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced the
availability of the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters, a
remarkable leap forward for scientists, engineers and other users of
advanced technical computing systems. SGI Altix 3000 systems combine SGI's
supercomputing architecture with Intel Itanium 2 processors and the Linux
operating system, shattering scalability and performance records.

For users in physical and life sciences, manufacturing, oil and gas, and
government and defense markets, SGI Altix 3000 superclusters offer
stunning scalability and performance increases over traditional Linux
-based clusters and UNIX OS-based servers. Each node runs a single Linux
operating system image with up to 64 Itanium 2 processors and 512GB of
memory. With multiple nodes using the SGI built-in cluster interconnect,
data is transmitted up to 200 times faster than with conventional
clustering methods, enabling SGI Altix 3000 to scale to hundreds--and
eventually thousands--of processors.