Interesting. The version that the government used for years used 2 cards that plugged in conjunction with each other and easily increased the system performance 500%. This allowed them to use virtually ANY available computer anywhere in the world for HIGH END computing tasks. All they packed with them were the 'super computing' upgrade cards that were also encrypted with protection and used a propreitary programming language that i'm sure wasn't easily decoded. Specialized software was also written for them.
Everyone from image analysis, voice analysis, to code cracking could be done through specialized suites of applications made for the 'portable super computer."
These items were used by just anyone, as you mentioned, they stayed MAINLY in the nucleus of a data center or were used by covert agents world-wide. From appearances as well, from what I have heard, the cards lookd like huge TV tuner cards (and functioned as one) to mask their real function.
This technology has been around for years, US GOVERNMENT individuals have used this to crack codes and such. The add on expansion card pops into a normal desktop slot or a laptop slot and gives them Super Computer Power.
Although it was about half as powerful as these, but its been around...;)
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Interesting. The version that the government used for years used 2 cards that plugged in conjunction with each other and easily increased the system performance 500%. This allowed them to use virtually ANY available computer anywhere in the world for HIGH END computing tasks. All they packed with them were the 'super computing' upgrade cards that were also encrypted with protection and used a propreitary programming language that i'm sure wasn't easily decoded. Specialized software was also written for them. Everyone from image analysis, voice analysis, to code cracking could be done through specialized suites of applications made for the 'portable super computer." These items were used by just anyone, as you mentioned, they stayed MAINLY in the nucleus of a data center or were used by covert agents world-wide. From appearances as well, from what I have heard, the cards lookd like huge TV tuner cards (and functioned as one) to mask their real function.
This technology has been around for years, US GOVERNMENT individuals have used this to crack codes and such. The add on expansion card pops into a normal desktop slot or a laptop slot and gives them Super Computer Power. Although it was about half as powerful as these, but its been around... ;)