KLAT2 In The News
The following stories have appeared about our work with KLAT2 (some of the stories discuss our work
as an introduction to another system). Where possible, the link
provided is to the story archived on the site that published it.
Otherwise, a generic link is given. In some cases, we also have
provided a link to a locally-cached GIF-image, Postscript, or
PDF copy of the article marked with "(cached)."
- December 29, 2001: Window Planet
- What I Want For Christmas
(cached)
- December 27, 2001: I Cringely: The Pulpit
- What I Want For Christmas: A Supercomputer In Every Garage!
(cached PS)
(cached PDF)
- December 26, 2001: Slashdot
- Cringely Wants A Supercomputer in Every Garage
(cached 65-page PDF, part 1)
(cached 19-page PDF, part 2)
(Yes, this is an anti-causal reference to the above article.)
- September 16, 2001: UK Research Challenge Initiative
- Governor's Conference on Postsecondary Education Trusteeship
(cached)
- Spring 2001: CMP134 at Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul
- KLAT 2 - Alex Ferreira
- May 17, 2001: AMD News Release
- AMD Athlon[tm] Processor Gaining Global Recognition as Supercomputing
Superstar
- May 1, 2001: Enginews
- University of Kentucky College of Engineering Awards and Honors
(cached PDF)
- April 23, 2001: 21st Century Achievement Awards Finalists
- Science: University of Kentucky, for KLAT2 Supercomputer
- April 20, 2001: UK Engineering News
- Dietz Recieves Computerworld Honors Medalion
(cached PDF)
- April 8-9, 2001: Computerworld Honors Program, 2001 Laureate in Science
- KLAT2 Supercomputer
- March 14, 2001: Linux Weekly News
- AMD, Linux NetworX Deliver Linux Supercluster to Boeing
- March 14, 2001: AMD News Release
- AMD, Linux NetworX Deliver Linux Supercluster to Boeing
- January 23, 2001: Maximum Linux
- New Supercomputer Clusters 128 Athlons
- January 22, 2001: ZDNet News
- AMD chips fuel new supercomputer
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- January 22, 2001: CNet News
- AMD chips power new supercomputer
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- January 22, 2001: Maximum PC Magazine
- New Supercomputer Clusters 128 Athlons
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- January 22, 2001: The Register
- Athlon supercomp gets an airing
- January 22, 2001: Yahoo Finance
- AMD Athlon Processors Power University of Delaware Supercomputer
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- January 22, 2001: Yahoo Daily News
- AMD chips fuel new supercomputer
(cached)
- January 22, 2001: AMD
- AMD Athlon Processors Power University of Delaware Supercomputer
- January 19, 2001: CMP's TechWeb Technology News
- AMD-Based Supercomputer Debuts Next Week
(cached)
- December 13, 2000: Sm@rt Partner, ZDNet
- Strength In Numbers
This article by Bill Nicholls has appeared with dates ranging
from December 11, 2000 to December 17, 2000; for example,
this ZDNet Reviews article is essentially the same.
- December 8, 2000: Ethel the Blog
- KLAT2, FNN & SWAR
(cached part 1,
2,
3)
- December 7, 2000: Linux Weekly News
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer (Ars Technica)
- December 6, 2000: Elegant Innovations
- Cool Toy
- December 6, 2000: RootPrompt.Org
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer
- December 4, 2000: Computer User
- Ballyhoo for Beowulf
(cached)
- December 4, 2000: TecChannel.de
- AMD-Linux-Supercomputer: 1,86 Dollar pro MFLOP
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- December 4, 2000: theGEEK.org
- Swift like a prancing bison...
KLAT2 SuperComputer-It's in the Genes ;-)
(cached)
- December 1, 2000: ZDNet LhD Article
- Beowulf Clusters: University of Kentucky Wins Two Supercomputing Awards
(cached)
- December 1, 2000: 2CPU.com
- KLAT2 Back in the Spotlight
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- November 30, 2000: Linux Weekly News
- U. of Kentucky wins two SC2000 awards for Beowulf clusters
- November 29, 2000: AMD Zone
- University of Kentucky Athlon Supercomputer Awards
- November 28, 2000: PC Quest
- Supercomputers
(cached)
- November 27, 2000: Linux PR
- University of Kentucky Wins Two Awards with Linux Clusters
- November 27, 2000: Linux Today
- LinuxPR: University of Kentucky Wins Two Awards with Linux Clusters
- November 22, 2000: Beowulf Underground
- Kentucky Athlon clusters win awards at SC2000
- November 16, 2000: NCSA Access Online
- SC2000 Conference Capped One Of Biggest Years Ever
With Awards And Recognition
- November 15, 2000: IEEE/ACM SC2000 Awards
- SC2000 Conference Capped One Of Biggest Years Ever
With Awards And Recognition
- November 9, 2000: Gordon Bell Awards (at IEEE/ACM SC2000)
- Gordon Bell Awards
Our paper, High Cost CFD on a Low Cost Cluster wins honorable
mention for KLAT2's price performance.
- October 31, 2000: Center for Computational Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
- CFD on Low Cost PC Clusters
- sometime after October 20, 2000: itech research
- AMD Athlon(TM) Processor Powers University of Kentucky Supercomputer
(cached)
- October 20, 2000: AMD Company Success Stories - University of Kentucky
- AMD Athlon Processor Powers University of Kentucky Supercomputer
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- October 13, 2000: TOPCluster
- KLAT2 ranks in the ten fastest clusters in the world by peak FLOPS
(cached)
- October 4, 2000: ALS2000 (USENIX)
- KLAT2's Flat Neighborhood Network
- September 27, 2000: ECE Seminar (University of Kentucky)
- KLAT2's Flat Neighborhood Network
- September 21, 2000: AHPCC Workshop 2000
- Basics of Network Topologies
- September 2000: CS 499 High Performance Computing (at U. of Idaho)
- KLAT2
- August 28, 2000: List of the world's most powerful computing sites
- 86) 353.76 - (28-AUG-2000) [UKY]
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- July 1, 2000: Code Distortion
- GigaFLOPS on the cheap: The KLAT2 Supercomputer
(cached)
- July 2000: Interactive Essay, IPSJ Magazine, Vol.41 No.7(2000.7)
- ? KLAT2 ?
(cached)
- July 2000: SRI Consulting, Business Intelligence Center
- Cost-Effective Personal Computer Cluster: KLAT2
- June 28, 2000: CNet News
- IBM exceeds expectations with supercomputer
(cached)
(This article about IBM's ASCI White mentions KLAT2
as evidence of AMD's interest in supercomputing.)
- June 27, 2000: ChinaByte
- ?
(cached part 1,
2,
3,
4,
5)
- June 27, 2000: www.myhard.com & www.yesky.com
- ?
?
(cached)
- June 27, 2000: Venturing Crew 369's "The Adventure" Newsletter
- Clusters - The Flat Neighborhood Network
- June 24, 2000: Beowulf Underground
- FNN: Flat Neighborhood Networks
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- June 23, 2000: Active Hardware
- Inside the KLAT2 Supercomputing Cluster
(cached)
- June 23, 2000: Firestorm
- Take a look inside the KLAT 2 linux cluster supercomputer
(cached)
- June 23, 2000: NewsPro Archive
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 23, 2000: Tech Junkie
- Athlon Supercomputers
(cached)
- "date not available": IT Papers
- >Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer:
The Flat Neighborhood Network & 3DNow!
(cached)
- June 23, 2000: Silicon Dreams
- Ars Technica have posted some information on the KLAT 2...
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: Overclockers Australia, NewsPro
- ... ultra-sexy Beowulf cluster ...
- June 22, 2000: Maximum PC Magazine
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: Hardware One
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer
- June 22, 2000: Tweakers.net
- KLAT2 supercomputer artikel
- June 22, 2000: 2CPU
- Inside the KLAT2
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: Shugashack
- The KLAT2 Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: Chick's Hardware
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 2000: Knowledge Stor
- Kentucky Profs Craft Cheap Linux Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: The Tech Report
- Using 3DNow! for super-cheap supercomputing
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- June 22, 2000: AnandTech
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer: The Flat Neighborhood Network & 3DNow!
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- June 22, 2000: Alereon.org
- It's what makes KLAT2 tick
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- June 22, 2000: All Games Network
- A Look At The KLAT2
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: AMDZone.com
- Klatonic
(cached)
- June 22, 2000: Ars Technica
- Inside The KLAT2 Supercomputer:
The Flat Neighborhood Network & 3DNow!
This article was written by H. Dietz and T. Mattox at the request of
Ars Technica and was edited by Ars Technica's Jon Stokes.
There also is an introductory news item
describing the article under the heading
"Building a new breed of Beowulf: KLAT2"
(cached).
- June 21, 2000: www.maas.co.yu
- KLAT2 superkompijuter...
(cached)
- June 19, 2000: How Stuff Works
- Kentucky Professors Develop Inexpensive Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 18, 2000: WTVQ Television
- UK News Report, 12:30PM Eastern time
(WTVQ is the ABC affiliate and Lexington cable channel 10)
- June 17, 2000: Hardware Pros
- KLAT2 Supercomputer
(cached)
- June 17, 2000: KET (Kentucky Educational Television)
- UK News Report, 12 Noon Eastern time
- June 14, 2000: ChipCenter
- Use Those PC Throw-Aways
- June 12, 2000: Microelectronics Technology Alert
- Supercomputing Gets Cheap
(cached)
- June 5, 2000: LinuxGram at Linux.Com (issue 120)
- The Penguin Hatchery: Kentucky Profs Craft Cheap Linux Supercomputer
(This story is also posted at
Linuxgram, (cached))
- June 5, 2000: Industrial Computing Online
- Kentucky group offers cheap gigaflops
(cached)
- June 5, 2000: CLUSTER SYSTEMS and PARALLEL COMPUTING NEWS
- Athron ???
(cached)
- June 5, 2000: HPCN (High Performance Computing and Networking)
- A supercomputer for less than US$ 1.000 per Gflop/s
(cached)
- June 3, 2000: WN.RU (Russian)
- Technology of games will be used in a new supercomputer
- June 1, 2000: Game Monkeys Magazine
- University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
- June 1, 2000: Hardware One
- Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2
- June 1, 2000: Hitechbits.com
- Cluster project brings cost per Gflop to new low.
(cached)
- June 1, 2000: Linux Weekly News
- News.com looks at the new budget Beowulf cluster in Kentucky
(cached)
- June 1, 2000: Ars Technica
- GFLOPs @ $650 a pop
(cached)
- June, 2000: ComputorEdge
- KLAT2 (Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2): More Gigaflops Than Joe Eszterhas
- May 2000: massiveparallel.com
- University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks
The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
(cached)
- May 31, 2000: CCIDNET.COM
- ? AMD Athlon ?
(cached)
- May 31, 2000: No Spoon
- Nec annonce le supercomputer le plus puissant du monde
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- May 30, 2000: Svet Hardware
- Chcete se s vykonem sveho poeitaee vtlaeit mezi
200 nejvykonnijich stroju svita?
- May 30, 2000: ITWare
- ??? AMD ???
- May 30, 2000: EE Times
- Cluster project brings cost per Gflop to new low
(cached)
- May 29, 2000:
- AMD Athlon alapu szuperszamitogep
(cached)
- May 27, 2000: Linux Only .CX
- 27.5.2000 Linux supertietokone
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- May 27, 2000: PC Online China
- AMD 3DNow ???
(cached)
- May 27, 2000: Medusa.Interpia98.Net
- 64 ? AMD Athlon ?
(cached)
- May 27, 2000: Ground Zero - the NEWS
- AMD chips the secret ingredient in new supercomputer
(cached)
- May 27, 2000: IT.SOHU.com
- AMD ?
(cached)
- May 27, 2000: Tom's Hardware Guide
- AMD 3D gamer chips key to new supercomputer
(cached)
(This story appears to have been semi-mechanically translated into
many languages for Tom's Hardware sites in
Germany
(cached)
(cached),
Japan
(cached),
Korea
(cached),
etc.)
- May 26, 2000: Signal Ground
- Athlon's 3DNow Powers Linux Supercomputer
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: China Computerworld
- AMD ???
- May 26, 2000: Computer Times - Computer Edition of Azerbaijan
- Kentucky forms a supercomputer on the basis of processors AMD
- May 26, 2000: INFOART.RU (Russian)
- Kentucky forms a supercomputer on the basis of processors AMD
- May 26, 2000: Gamecenter.com
- Game Technology Useful for Supercomputers
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: www.3dnews.ru
- 3DNow! ?
- May 26, 2000: www.mikroHABER.com
- Sper bilgisayarda AMD ilemcileri
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: PARALLEL RU (Russian)
- English scientists create super-computer KLAT2 by record ratio
(Apparently, our Russian friends think "UK" means that the University
of Kentucky is in England rather than the USA.... ;-)
- May 26, 2000: WKYT Television
- Campus Connection, approximately 6:45AM Eastern time
(WKYT is the CBS affiliate and Lexington channel 27, cable channel 2)
- May 26, 2000: Linux Today
- CNET News.com: AMD chips the secret ingredient in new supercomputer
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- May 26, 2000: www.GOL.it
- Il segreto del supercomputer "KLAT2" nei chip di AMD
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- May 26, 2000: TechJockey.net
- KLAT2 == Fast Linux Supercomputer
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- May 26, 2000:
- Altre info su KLAT2
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- May 26, 2000: The Tech Report
- Supercomputing on the cheap
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- May 26, 2000: www.phpschool.com
- Linux PC Cluster
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: Dr. Dobb's Microprocessor Headline News
- AMD chips the secret ingredient in new supercomputer
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: HPC Wire
- Supercomputer Breaks The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: linux.hu
- AMD Athlon alapz szuperszammtsgip
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: Overclocker
- 3DNow! ?
- May 26, 2000: vnunet.com
- University clusters Athlons into supercomputer
(cached)
- May 26, 2000: Non-US CNet News
- Translations and/or reposts of
Shankland's article:
Taiwan,
Singapore
(cached),
Hong Kong,
Malaysia
- May 25, 2000: Top500
- University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: CPU Scorecard
- Kentucky Beowulf has Athlon inside
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: The X Generation Network
- Linux feels the power of 3DNow in Mass?
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: AnandTech
- AMD chips the secret ingredient in new supercomputer
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- May 25, 2000: Atommart
- Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2 (KLAT2)
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: Tweakers.net
- University of Kentucky bouwt 64-node Athlon cluster
- May 25, 2000: 3DNow.net
- KLAT2 Makes Headlines
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: geeknews.com
- Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2
- May 25, 2000: DiBro Computers
- Athlon Supercomputer
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: Overclockin
- But is it overclocked???
(cached)
- May 25, 2000: Netscape Technews
- AMD chips the secret ingredient in new supercomputer
(A reprint of the CNet News article.)
- May 25, 2000: CNet News
- AMD chips the secret ingredient in new supercomputer
(cached)
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- May 24, 2000: AMD
- University of Kentucky Break GFLOPS Barrier with AMD Athlon Processors
(cached)
- May 24, 2000: Compu-Mania
- KLAT2
- May 24, 2000: Linux Power
- 64 Gigaflops for a Mere $41000
- May 24, 2000: Chick's Hardware
- KLAT2 Athlon\Linux System
(cached)
- May 24, 2000: Brain Damage
- That is one motha of a...
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- May 24, 2000: Linux Today
- LinuxMall.com: Linux Goes Greased Lightning
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- May 24, 2000: SHORTECH e news
- Linux Issues...
- May 24, 2000: LinuxMall.com
- Linux Goes Greased Lightning
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- May 23-24, 2000: Internet Business Network
- Linux PC cluster - KLAT2
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- May 23, 2000: Pro-Linux
- Linux-Supercomputer durchbricht Preisbarriere
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- May 23, 2000: 3DNow.net
- KLAT2
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- May 23, 2000: Alereon.org
- Ooh yeah, Athlon Linux cluster
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- May 23, 2000: Silicon Dreams
- AMD Super Computer!
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- May 23, 2000: Tripod HPC news
- University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
- May 23, 2000: All Games Network
- KLAT2 Athlon\Linux System
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- May 23, 2000: Linux Today
- The Aggregate: University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The \$1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
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- May 22, 2000: Beowulf Underground
- Kentucky Linux Athlon Cluster Under $1K/GFLOPS
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- May 22, 2000: buku.virtualave.net
- Athlon Powered Super Computer
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- May 22, 2000: JC-News.Com
- gotta love that KLAT2
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- May 22, 2000: NewsPro Archive
- 66 Machine - 700MHz Athlon cluster
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- May 22, 2000: MacSurfer's Headline News
- University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
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- May 22, 2000: TechNN.com
- University Of Kentucky Supercomputer Breaks The $1,000 Per GFLOPS Barrier
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- May 22, 2000: Boomgames.com
- KLAT2????
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- May 22, 2000: AMDZone.com
- Athlon Powered Super Computer
(cached)
The only thing set in stone is our name.