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Iran Uses AMD Opterons for "Weather Forecasting"
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-06-17 16:05:03 256
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Source: PC Perspective
AMD looks like it could be in a lot of hot water today, as news is beginning to filter out to all relevant parties that Iran is using Opteron processors in a new 216-core super computer cluster. Technology embargoes to Iran are in place for any company based in the US, so the real story is how Iran actually acquired these parts in the first place. In a world with overnight shipping and passenger aircraft circling the globe it's not hard to see how someone could buy some new CPUs in Europe and 'accidently' check them in baggage to Tehran.
Still, AMD is going to feel some heat from this; if only because of the recent investments made by oil-barrons ATIC.
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