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Wired reports that Virginia Tech’s “Big Mac” supercomputer cluster, which uses 1,100 Power Mac G5s, could be the second most powerful supercomputer on the planet, according to preliminary numbers. “The Big Mac’s final score on the Linpack Benchmark won’t be officially revealed until Nov. 17, when the rankings of the Top 500 supercomputer sites are made known at the International Supercomputer Conference.

Virginia Tech has posted a large collection of photos of the university’s new supercomputer cluster, which uses 1,100 Power Mac G5s. “Virginia Tech’s idea was to develop a supercomputer of national prominence based upon a homegrown cluster,” said Hassan Aref, dean of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering.