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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. fp number 2 today? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just by chance of coming ot the page with a new storie?

  2. Re:useful application by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes...but it would probably be more useful to strap a small rodent UP YOUR FUCKING ASS. Agreed?

  3. Hello world. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't even have a computer. I'm using my friend's. hehe

  4. In Soviet Russia, SPB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    In Soviet Russia, SPB is located in Stalingrad, the war-torn shanty of WW II. They are said to be making bio-chemical warfare with the cluster Pocket PCs. ... cool, man!