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Researcher Discusses iPod Supercomputer

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. sure this is how it starts, by thermian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    but eventually they come after you saying you haven't legally purchased your global climate predictions, or that you're sharing them with your friends online

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    A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' - D. Adams
  2. Can you imagine (obligatory) by bornyesterday · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A beowulf cluster of iPods?

  3. Re:facepalm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well, I guess non-technical people (those that talk about tubes, etc), need to call MP3 Players = iPods, Processor inside mediaplayer = iPods, video recordings = PodCasts, Streaming video = Podcast to sort of understand what they are talking about.

    Someone trying to sound interesting: Yeah! we could use all those iPods to make a huge network of podcast transmissions! It could be called iNet!
    Idiot listening: Oh.. yeah.. I know what an iPod is, I even think I know what a podcast is! Apple is the best! They rule the world!