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Supercruncher Applications

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the many-processors-make-light-work dept.

starheight writes "Bill McColl has written an article contrasting traditional massively parallel supercomputing with a whole new generation of compute-intensive apps that require massively scalable architectures and can deliver both incredible throughput and real-time responsivenes when processing millions or billions of tasks."

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  1. Yay!!! by nixkuroi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just in time for Vista!

  2. Example App: by HugePedlar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dell's website consumer pricing generator.

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    Argh.
  3. Wow by Sneakernets · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of-- oh. Wait.

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  4. Massively parallel?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    GAHH!

    There is no such thing as "massively parallel!" It makes no sense! Parallel in qualitative, NOT quantitative! Things are either parallel or they're not, there are no degrees of "parallelness!"

    The same applies to "massively multiplayer!" It's no wonder that people can't grasp basic logic when they insist on talking like this!

    Shouldn't computer savvy folk notice these sorts of things?!

  5. that paragraph by jjeffries · · Score: 2, Funny
    Did anyone else picture this story's text blurb being read by fast-talker John Moshitta, or is it just me?


    bah weep grana weep minibom

  6. Leeeerrroooooy Jennnnkkinnnnsss!!! by KatchooNJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Give me a SUPER number crunch."

    "We have a 32.33, repeating, of course, percent chance of survival."

    "That's better than we usually do."

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