Researcher Discusses iPod Supercomputer

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday May 9, 2008 @06:01AM from the melts-in-your-hand-not-in-your-rack dept.

schliz writes to mention that in a recent interview with ITNews researcher John Shalf explained the purpose and some of the technical details of the newly-announced "iPod supercomputer." "Microprocessors from portable electronics like iPods could yield low-cost, low-power supercomputers for specialized scientific applications, according to computer scientist John Shalf. Along with a research team from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Shalf is designing a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors, which has the sole purpose of improving global climate change predictions."

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Re:Oblig. misleading title by TimCapulet · 2008-05-09 06:21 · Score: 5, Informative

Of course. iPods have nothing to do with this article at all. A less misleading title would be "Researcher Discusses Microprocessor Supercomputer". The word "iPod" is only there as an eye-catcher.