The Tesla in this article is Nvidia's chip, not the car or the guy.
From Nvidia:
Build Your Own
Guide to Building Your Own Tesla Personal Supercomputer SystemThis guide is to help you build a Tesla Personal Supercomputer. If you have experience in building systems/workstations, you may want to build your own system. Otherwise, the easiest thing is to buy an off-the-shelf Tesla Personal Supercomputer from one of these resellers.
As with building any system, it is at your own risk and responsibility. There are many possible components to choose from when you build such a system. NVIDIA provides general guidance, but cannot test every configuration and combination of components.We also get a lot of questions about why Tesla products are better than consumer products for building personal supercomputers. Click here for more details.
Minimum Specifications of Main Components
These minimum specifications are for folks who want to label their system a “Tesla Personal Supercomputer”. You may choose to build a workstation with fewer Tesla GPUs in it.
- 3x Tesla C2050
- Quad-core CPU: 2.33 GHz (Intel or AMD)
- 12 GB of system memory (4GB of system memory per Tesla C2050)
- Linux 64-bit or Windows XP or Win7 64-bit
- System acoustics < 45 dBA
- 1200 W power supply
Example of Complete 4 Tesla C2050 System Configuration
This is a list of suggested components to build a 4x Tesla C2050 PSC. Several of these components such as the memory, CPU, power supply, case, can be substituted with an appropriate equivalent and suitable component. We do not certify any components for the PSC; this is left to the system builders....
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