Great. Pretty. Fast. But what are they using it for?

shiiiiiiiiiiit. thats all i can say about this bohemoth of a computer...

oh and also the fact that i want it!!!
but i dont NEED it so this bohemoth along with the 103-inch bohemoth TV here at gizmodo would be two pure gearslutting transactions.

Run, doom. Can it?

And I thought the 8 cores on my PS3 was pretty powerful.
Let's overclock it!
Funny thing is that in like 20 years, this technology will be in desktops.

But what are they using it for?

mmmmm fiber

Maybe they should add fiber to the server's diet, then it would look a lot thinner with hose cables lying around.

It, should, I mean, there has to be some sort of port to linux of that thing no?

it *is* beautiful to look at. mare nostrum means "our ocean". i suppose it's like a huge ocean of bits...

I wonder what glorious super things it's computing.

Ugh. By the looks of one of the other photos those are Dells.

They are IBMs. It's a PowerPC-based supercomputer.

The people who work there need way cooler outfits to wear - I'll ask my clothes designer friend in Barcelona, Zuzana, to pop around...

It looks like a room that you may run through in Goldeneye on the N64 when playing multiplayer.

Isn't this that computer from "Blade?" The "former chapel" part seals it.

yup, that's pretty rad.

Now that's a sexy super computer.

All data centers should look this nice.

Funny that Spaniards would use a name ("Our sea") that Rome used to call the Mediterranean Sea as if it was theirs (and in fact it pretty much was at the time).

What you see before you is a supercomputer, MareNostrum. Named for Our Sea, the Mediterranean, it's one of the most powerful machines in Europe.

Sci-fi movie set AHOY!

Will it blend?

Yeh

Thats cool and all.

But can it run crysis?