AMD awarded $12.6 million supercomputing grant by US government

[Shawn Knight]

AMD has been given a grant under the FastForward program to the tune of $12.6 million to research next generation supercomputing technology. The program is a joint effort between the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy designed…

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[Lionvibez]

Good they need the money!

 

[jeffz6]

$300'000 for 20'000 chips? $15 a chip? No wonder the dont make money

 

[Guest]

Sounds like a waste of money. Then again I'm an Intel and Nvidia user.

 

[EEatGDL]

$300'000 for 20'000 chips? $15 a chip? No wonder the dont make money

Seriously, selling an Opteron processor for $15?!!! No wonder why Intel/IBM didn't want to make a similar deal with the government.