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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. Dear President-VICE Richard B. Cheney: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    For the sum of Euro 1,000,000,000,000, I, Kilgore Trout,
      will NOT sell my iPod supercomputer to the Ragheads.

    Cordially,
    Kilgore Trout