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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. Re:Or by Samschnooks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Or, we could call it what everyone else is calling it. Grid computing or sometimes cloud computing.

    Or, we just call it what the old timers originally called it: time sharing.

    It fits. Just because it's over the internet as opposed to dedicated lines, I don't see why we need new terminology for basically the same thing.