Actually in some research areas PC type hardware is rapidly becoming popular at the expense of traditional high end equipment. I work in a lab that does molecular dynamics simulations and we recently bought 60 dual 1Ghz P3's. Not only is the price/performance fantastic, but the performance is very good as well. The software we use has SSE and 3DNow optimizations and beats more traditional high end workstations hands down. The SSE optimizations account for a nearly 100% percent increase in speed.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually in some research areas PC type hardware is rapidly becoming popular at the expense of traditional high end equipment. I work in a lab that does molecular dynamics simulations and we recently bought 60 dual 1Ghz P3's. Not only is the price/performance fantastic, but the performance is very good as well. The software we use has SSE and 3DNow optimizations and beats more traditional high end workstations hands down. The SSE optimizations account for a nearly 100% percent increase in speed.