In my experience, RAM needs to be replaced VERY OFTEN in HPCs. I seem to remember reading somewhere that motherboards that go into a mineral oil bath are basic

In my experience, RAM needs to be replaced VERY OFTEN in HPCs. I seem to remember reading somewhere that motherboards that go into a mineral oil bath are basically impossible to clean afterwards. This point seems important, since mineral oil is used here for its electrically insulating properties. There are many contact pads in the marrying of RAM DIMM to slot. Ergo, replacing sticks of RAM in such a supercomputer would probably be a nightmare. And this nightmare would likely be frequent in its occurrence. I also take issue with the first sentence of the article. Submerging a home computer in mineral oil is a common practice. Their "technology" editor needs some more technology chops, it would seem. Another note: Let's hope they aren't secretly using polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in place of mineral oil to give themselves a boost. (see Wikipedia)