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DS426 Well…….. isn't that great that ORNL is inking this deal when the federal government still hasn't figured out how to fund itself. Reply
bit_user DS426 said: Well…….. isn't that great that ORNL is inking this deal when the federal government still hasn't figured out how to fund itself. The current shutdown still isn't the longest one we've had. So, while it's not a good situation, it's hardly unprecedented. Also, the article mentions something about private companies paying for "hardware and software", which isn't something I recall previously reading about a big US government supercomputer. So, it's likely that ORNL is on the hook for quite a bit less than $1B. Reply
dalek1234 I'm curious how the "share the computing power" will be will be monetized by AMD, Oracle, and HPE. Reply
thestryker bit_user said: Also, the article mentions something about private companies paying for "hardware and software", which isn't something I recall previously reading about a big US government supercomputer. So, it's likely that ORNL is on the hook for quite a bit less than $1B. You're correct it's never happened before. From the Reuters source article: The Department of Energy will host the computers, the companies will provide the machines and capital spending, and both sides will share the computing power, a DOE official said. The two supercomputers based on AMD chips are intended to be the first of many of these types of partnerships with private industry and DOE labs across the country, the official said. The entire point of the government research supercomputers was that access is relatively democratized. I hope someone does some investigation to find out what the details of the deal are because this just sounds like the companies getting taxpayers to foot the operating bill for a certain amount of compute. DS426 said: Well…….. isn't that great that ORNL is inking this deal when the federal government still hasn't figured out how to fund itself. The two aren't mutually exclusive and this has certainly been in the works for a while. Reply
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