IBM may have built one of the largest Windows/Linux HPC dual-boot system ever created, Computerworld reports. The blade system is said to be running 5,376 Intel Xeon quad-core processors. Each chip runs at 2.5 GHz and is using 50 watts. The system is capable of reaching 46 sustained teraflops, the story reports, and runs a beta version of Windows HPC Server 2008.
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