I kind of wish Apple would bring back rackmount servers (as an externally purchasable product) as well as desktop Macs with PCIe slots (and one might even dream of expandable nvme storage slots or cxl memory or ...) even though they weren't popular at the price point and macOS no longer supports discrete GPUs and only supports memory integrated within the SiP/MCM...
I would say Virginia Tech is more well known than UVA on the West Coast because, as the name implies, it's more of a tech-focused school whereas UVA sends more kids to Wall Street or consulting firms. Both are relatively unknown in the grand scheme of things of course.
I can't imagine how selective UVA must be these days; it was hard enough to get into 30 years ago.
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13% of applicants were offered a spot for the most recent year, with less than 40% of offers accepted. The latter number suggests that most of the people who got accepted also were accepted somewhere more prestigious.
I actually attended UVA and when I applied getting in out of state was tough, but in-state was very reasonable - they seemed to place a heavy emphasis on stats so anyone with a good GPA and standardized test scores had a decent shot of getting in (probably why I got in).
However, I applied some time ago and I'm sure it's considerably more competitive now. I'd be interested to see the acceptance rate breakdown between in-state and out of state for the most recent admission cycle.
Many West Coasters can't tell the difference between Virginia and West Virginia.
Not really so much a west coast thing, as a thing for anyone who lives outside of DelMarVa.
Having lived in Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio, I can tell you that there are plenty of people in Ohio who don't know that West Virginia is not part of Virginia.
I kind of wish Apple would bring back rackmount servers (as an externally purchasable product) as well as desktop Macs with PCIe slots (and one might even dream of expandable nvme storage slots or cxl memory or ...) even though they weren't popular at the price point and macOS no longer supports discrete GPUs and only supports memory integrated within the SiP/MCM...
Virginia Tech has a good reputation on the East Coast, particularly in the DC area, but it is completely unheard of on the West Coast.
Many West Coasters can't tell the difference between Virginia and West Virginia.
I would say Virginia Tech is more well known than UVA on the West Coast because, as the name implies, it's more of a tech-focused school whereas UVA sends more kids to Wall Street or consulting firms. Both are relatively unknown in the grand scheme of things of course.
I can't imagine how selective UVA must be these days; it was hard enough to get into 30 years ago.
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13% of applicants were offered a spot for the most recent year, with less than 40% of offers accepted. The latter number suggests that most of the people who got accepted also were accepted somewhere more prestigious.
I actually attended UVA and when I applied getting in out of state was tough, but in-state was very reasonable - they seemed to place a heavy emphasis on stats so anyone with a good GPA and standardized test scores had a decent shot of getting in (probably why I got in).
However, I applied some time ago and I'm sure it's considerably more competitive now. I'd be interested to see the acceptance rate breakdown between in-state and out of state for the most recent admission cycle.
To be fair: I grew up in the DC area and would routinely get San Francisco and San Diego mixed up.
San Francisco: Herbie
San Diego: Top Gun
Same for NC and SC. Can’t blame them, though. Why should they care?
Many West Coasters can't tell the difference between Virginia and West Virginia.
Not really so much a west coast thing, as a thing for anyone who lives outside of DelMarVa.
Having lived in Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio, I can tell you that there are plenty of people in Ohio who don't know that West Virginia is not part of Virginia.
> Many West Coasters can't tell the difference between Virginia and West Virginia.
The country roads?
This is a pretty hokie setup
It was cutting edge at that moment in time. Briefly #3 in the world of super computers after it was setup in the fall of 2003.
You missed the joke.
Virginia Tech’s athletic teams are named Hokies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies
Ah, cool.
Do I see this right? An Apple M1 Max has roughly the same Teraflops as this setup of one thousand one hundred machines?
Just to put that into perspective. (Not to mention cost and performance per Watt)
Moore's Law along with architecture updates on Apple Silicone.
GPUs continue to dominate CPUs in terms of raw FLOPS.
That was the era of Pentium 4 and G5 benchtop pizza ovens. All those Ghz spend on cache misses and pipeline stalls.