"Cheyenne Supercomputer Sold for $480,085 in US Government Auction; New Owner Scores 8,064 Intel Xeon CPUs and 313TB RAM Despite Component Failures, Maintenance Issues"

Multi-million dollar Cheyenne supercomputer auction ends with $480,085 bid — buyer walked away with 8,064 Intel Xeon Broadwell CPUs, 313TB DDR4-2400 ECC RAM, and some water leaks

(Image credit: https://gsaauctions.gov) One lucky buyer had their day yesterday as the U.S. government's online auction for selling its Cheyenne supercomputer ended at $480,085. The auction, first covered by Tom's Hardware on Wednesday, has closed after 27 bidders contended for a piece of supercomputing history.The Cheyenne supercomputer's 6-figure sale price comes with 8,064 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 processors with 18 cores / 36 threads at 2.3 GHz, which hover around $50 (£40) a piece on eBay. Pai...