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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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    "No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
  4. 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

  5. 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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    "Never give up, for that is just the time and place when the tide will change." -Harriet Beecher Stowe ^_^