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Supercomputer As a Service

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-your-own-base-pair-matching dept.

gubm writes "Nearly one and a half years after making a stunning entry into the global supercomputer list with Eka, ranked as the fourth-fastest supercomputer in the world, Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a Tata Sons' subsidiary, has succeeded in creating a new market for supercomputers — that of offering supercomputing power on rent to enterprises in India. For now, for want of a better word, let us call it 'Supercomputer as a Service.'"

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  1. In Short: by KefkaZ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rent-A-Hal. "I'm sorry Dave, I've been repo'd"

  2. Re:Or by Abreu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but for a lot of people, the term "timesharing" involves sunny resorts, pina coladas and elderly couples doing the rumba...

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  3. Re:Or by dzfoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's true mostly for data centers in Florida.

            -dZ.

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  4. Re:but! by dzfoo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who cares! The real question is: Will it blend?

          -dZ.

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  5. this will never sell... by nimbius · · Score: 2, Funny

    we forgot to call it a cloud, and put it in a grid configuration after we service oriented it
    to leverage our core concepts. obviously all the packets will fall out of it.

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  6. Re:Or by Jurily · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps all this new supercomputing power can be devoted to creating a Trek-esque universal translator.

    A telepathic fish is a much feasible idea. Remember, your translator has to decode Busta Rhymes too.