When I read the headline I immediately thought of When HARLIE Was One[1] and of the Great Machine[2] from Babylon 5. Apparently some people at HP are also Sci-

When I read the headline I immediately thought of When HARLIE Was One[1] and of the Great Machine[2] from Babylon 5. Apparently some people at HP are also Sci-Fi fans. Edit: BTW I think it was Henry Spencer who, long ago, quipped something like "it's not a supercomputer unless it costs a billion dollars". Looks like they're actually budgeting for half of that so with inevitable cost overruns they might get there. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harlie_Was_One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harlie_Was_One [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Machine