] While Intel prepared to deliver thousands of Itanium 2
] processors, SGI's manufacturing facility in Chippewa
] Falls, Wis. braced itself for a hectic summer and fall.
] "The thought of building a 10,240-processor system in a
] little over three months was something, especially since
] we still had to meet our normal manufacturing pace," said
] Dick Harkness, vice president of Manufacturing
] Operations, SGI. "While quite the challenge, we had every
] confidence that we could meet it."

One more -- this represents 10% of the Itanium2 processors Intel expects to sell this year. One computer.

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