Rumor Mill: ORNL kills Fermi Supercomputer: True or False?

Do you remember the story we posted, ORNL Looks to NVidia GT300 for next Super, back on September 30th? Well, according to SemiAccurate.com, the project was killed since Fermi consumes too much power. However, Legit Reviews contacted several people at NVidia and ORNL who all say that the rumor is false.

Read the original rumor at: Oak Ridge cans Nvidia based Fermi supercomputer

Read the rebuttal at: False Rumor – Oak Ridge Cancels NVIDIA Fermi Based Supercomputer!

This story written by Paul Adams

Paul Adams leads an award-winning, diverse contractor team that runs a federal high performance computing facility where he has worked for 17 years. He loves getting his hands on the latest visualization and computer hardware, astronomy, aerospace engineering, working with the poor, and ringing cowbells.