Supercomputers?

[psi]

Anybody here use or work with supercomputers or clustered computers?

 

[psi]

I should also say has anybody (past tense too) used one before.

 

[psi]

Well I want to have one built. Wonder how much it'll cost.

 

[psi]

Well searching on web produced some unique finds.

Here's one about clustering 1000 laptops to make one supercomputer

--> http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/thisweek/story/0,12977,1182690,00.html

 

[psi]

oh yeah....

May go the route of buying a cluster. Here is an article about IBM offering such an item: http://www.kiosks.org/newsbits/article.php?id=909
Even you can start the first block of a supercomputer (help in folding even!)

Now I'll be able to support solving those large equations I come across in math....... :nod:

 

[rohil]

yeah i've worked with a teraflop s.cpu... its cool!!

 

[psi]

is that singular? as in One teraflop supercomputer you used right?

most I've used was 12.5 teraflops on peak performance (though it's usually 3 teraflops) It's one quick beast I can tell you. :nod: