Slashdot linked up news of Team Petronas's latest acquisition:

Only nine months after the launch of its ultra-modern wind tunnel, the Sauber Petronas today presented a new supercomputer for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations to international media representatives at its headquarters in Hinwil. 'Albert', as the machine has been christened, is one of the most powerful in Formula One as well as the automotive industry as a whole. The supercomputer was built by the Swiss company Dalco and has a total of 530 AMD Opteron processors installed in High-Density Cooling Enclosures supplied by American Power Conversion (APC).

Sauber was one of the up-and-coming teams last year, always capable of surprises (as long as the car didn't come apart). However, now that Sauber and Ferrari have parted company, it's anyone's guess what they'll be like for the 2005 season. We'll see...