The worlds fastest super computer, getting it's picture taken with me. (ORNL, 2009)
@n8foo Wondering what happens to those supercomputers when they get outdated...

@compi You know, that's a good question. There is something here on the decom but not much on what happens afterwards. https://www.hpcwire.com/2014/06/05/remembering-kraken/

FWIW when I was there, I wasn't allowed to take pics of certain bits of hardware (CPU liquid cooling manifolds, for example) - I'm kind of assuming it went back to Cray for recycling or re-sell to other customers.

Remembering Kraken

In supercomputing, it is often the case that top systems are only around for about half a decade. With the breaking of the petascale barrier now fixed in the rearview mirror […]

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@n8foo Thanks for the link!