Price of computer named road runner?

Answer 1

The price of the Roadrunner super computer is hard to pin down.

In 2006, Congress allocated $35 million to set it up. r/f http://nnsa.energy.gov/news/1015.htm

According to an IBM press release in 08 the machine cost "about" $100 million.

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24405.wss

Los Alamos Labs, for whom the Roadrunner was built, published an article in 07, before the completion of the super computer, saying the final price would be around $120 million

http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/nb.story/story_id/12129/nb_date/2007-12-10

Some articles have said the final price ranged from $122 to 135 million, but the prices are unsubstantiated.

PC World ran an article, in June 08, on the machine

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147220/ibms_cellbased_roadrunner_supercomputer_is_worlds_fastest.html

The BBC also ran an interesting web article on the Road Runner in June 08 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7443557.stm