Comments on: I saw a 400 G5 CPU cluster today

By: jk

jk — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:11:13 +0000

A million Palms arrayed together will never happen. No one could afford the cables! :)

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:02:34 +0000

Well, I was very impressed by all these displays until I flashed back on ENIAC. Hey, I got something in my shirt pocket that makes ENIAC — which also filled a room — look like a crude abacus!

And guess what? In a few years, we’ll have the power of these clusters in our pockets too.

Now, show me an array of, say, one million Palm Tungsten 3s and I’ll be impressed. Ha! (Oh, right, we have to wait for Cobalt for this to happen…)

By: MasonMcD

MasonMcD — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:35:01 +0000

Haven’t seen them personally, but I’ve been following their development for a while.

A week of pizza and soda to get the VA cluster up and running. Check out the original installation gallery on one of those VA links. Pretty neat stuff.

By: MasonMcD

MasonMcD — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:32:46 +0000

Oh, here's a smaller version, if that's what you need: http://www.apple.com/xserve/cluster/workgroupcluster/

By: jk

jk — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:27:04 +0000

No, I am aware of those installations but I have not seen them personally. Have you?

By: MasonMcD

MasonMcD — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:25:17 +0000

Haven't seen the VA Tech supercomputing facility, I take it? #7 on the Nov. 2004 Supercomputer list. http://www.tcf.vt.edu/ http://www.tcf.vt.edu/upgrade_gallery/full_size/DSCN0207.jpg http://www.apple.com/hardware/video/virginiatech/ Or the 1566-node COLSA supercomputer (25 teraflops)? http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/colsa/

By: jk

jk — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 23:39:18 +0000

They wouldn't let me take pictures, unfortunately. I did ask. :)

By: arebelspy

arebelspy — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:23:16 +0000

Pics or shens!!

Haha, jk. ;) Sounds cool (no pun intended). :D

-arebelspy

By: e

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:01:14 +0000