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Virtual Grid Supercomputer Goes (Partly) Online

Posted by timothy on from the assembling-skynet dept.

hotsauce writes "The BBC is reporting that CERN (the guys who invented the Web) are working on a virtual supercomputer called the Grid. The Grid taps computing power from 12 countries to process data from a new supercollider that will simulate parts of the Big Bang. Phase One of the Grid just went online."

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  1. Re:Distributed computing has been here for years by Moderation+abuser · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not particularly. If you can't be bothered to perform Google searches I'm not going to do it for you.

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