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iMac Beowulf Cluster Comes to Life

Posted by timothy on from the taste-the-rainbow dept.

AmigaAvenger writes "Finally a good use for all those old IMacs that many organizations have laying around collecting dust. We have set up a 5 node (4+1 controller) iMac beowulf cluster, which is appropriately named Skittles, and is running PPC Yellowdog Linux, with MPICH 1.2.6 cluster message passing software."

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  1. Imagine by j-turkey · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of...oh, wait. Nevermind.

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    -Turkey

  2. Re:I still have ask... by mjc_w · · Score: -1, Redundant

    .... In Russia, your nose blows you!

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