For sale: Cheyenne supercomputer with 8,064 Xeon CPUs and 306TB of DDR4 memory — some assembly and maintenance required

The U.S. government is auctioning off the Cheyenne supercomputer that entered operation in back in 2016. It currently requires some repairs and maintenance, weighs about 26,000 pounds, and is in need of a new home. Current bidding sits at less than $30,000 — though the reserve has not yet been met. 

The U.S. government is auctioning off the Cheyenne supercomputer that entered operation in back in 2016. It currently requires some repairs and maintenance, weighs about 26,000 pounds, and is in need of a new home. Current bidding sits at less than $30,000 — though the reserve has not yet been met.