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Alienware lands supercomputer deal

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On February 18, 2004, 6:51 PM

[COLOR=#1951B9]Alienware, a privately held computer maker best known for its high-end PCs for video gamers, has signed a deal to build a powerful research computer for Florida International University.

Miami-based Alienware, whose consumer systems can sell for $3,000 or more, said Tuesday the system would be powered by 98 of Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processors.[/COLOR]

Best of luck for Alienware who most likely got the deal after other major OEM such as HP and Dell had bid for the contract. This also gives a good hint that Alienware is considering diversification to certain areas while PC giants (as aforementioned) have agressively jumped on the enthusiast bandwagon as well.

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  1. February 18, 2004 8:13 PM
    vassil3427 said:
    Sweet, 98 Opterons! That's uber sweet.
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  2. February 21, 2004 11:58 AM
    Skotch said:
    My friends told me: "If you're gonna spend, By Intel Pentium4" What do you think? are you a fan of AMD, which do you think it's better? ;)
    Reply

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