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A Cluster Of Pocket PCs

Posted by timothy on from the can-this-really-be-the-first dept.

Don Stratton writes "This is the coolest thing I have seen anyone do with a Pocket PC... ever! Well-known Pocket PC developers SPB Software House, located in Russia, have come up with a very interesting spin on computing clusters. The short version is they connected 12 Pocket PCs together in the first known 'supercomputer cluster' of its type and had it calculate the old '3n + 1' problem. It was just done for fun, and not intended to seriously compete with desktop computers, but it does point out some interesting possiblilities for the future of handhelds with wireless connectivity working in ad-hoc computing clusters."

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  1. And this is news? by thesupraman · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Excellent, They clustered a bunch of expensive management toys together and achieved about performance than a cheap desktop computer that costs less than the price of one of these toys?

    Give them a medal - AND a slashdot leading story!

    What next? how about a cluster of abacus? hey - wouldn't that be great! I feel excited already!

    This is not some uber-hack, it is a trivial bit of work that a couple of half drunk people with a CE development system could throw together in a few hours!

    How about some better ideas - distributed processing on nokia 3650's using SMS messages for data transfer and a cute graphics look to convince thousands of people to run the client? or even a dynamic bluetooth cluster that reconfigured as people entered and left the transmission area?

    Wow! that took SECONDS of thinking!