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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. Imagine by Sago · · Score: -1, Redundant

    a cluster of th... ah, nevermind.

  2. Necessary by crass751 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a beow... aw dammit.

  3. Token joke by coalfire · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of...oh wait...nevermind.

  4. Imagine... by key134 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    We always say imagine a beowulf cluster of these. The Russians actually listened to us!