Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Supercomputing, There's an App For That

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-the-palm-over-your-hand dept.

aarondubrow writes "Researchers at MIT have created an experimental system for smart phones that allows engineers to leverage the power of supercomputers for instant computation and analysis. The team performed a series of expensive high-fidelity simulations on the Ranger supercomputer to generate a small "reduced model" which was transferred to a Google Android smart phone. They were then able to solve engineering and fluid flow problems on the phone and visualize the results interactively. The project proved the potential for reduced order methods to perform real-time and reliable simulations for complicated problems on handheld devices."

4 of 66 comments (clear)

  1. Re:PR Bullshit by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why are they spamming slashdot anyways? Has the academia gotten so pathetic that they deem any exposure is a good exposure?

    --
    Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
  2. Re:PR Bullshit by WankersRevenge · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't realize you could run algorithms on a smart phone ... these guys are brilliant! ;)

  3. Re:PR Bullshit by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go into settings and select "scientific mode". That makes a lot more buttons appear.

  4. Re:Put CUDA on a phone, then we can talk by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    CUDA isn't supercomputing. CUDA is more like super-doopercomputing. And it's a fucking crime that nVidia isn't doing better in the market with it.