A Parallel Processing PC
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Researchers at the University of Maryland's engineering school have developed what they are calling the first-ever parallel processing PC. The prototype, developed by Professor Uzi Vishkin and his team, uses a single chip and standard components, is capable of operating 100 times faster than today's PCs, and utilizes algorithms that allow for general-purpose computing. |
Our May 2006 Emerging Technologies survey found 40 percent of respondents were interested, testing or deploying "desktop/small cluster supercomputing." That means there should be plenty of interest in exploring parallel processing PCs. What could your organization do with such a speedy PC?
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I have looked into 128node clusers of servers starting at $97K. This is the bottom end of what I'd need. What would I do with it? I can sum up how I would use it in two words:
"Cartesian Join" ...large numbers of them and looping sets of them. or "Protein Folding" ...either one needs boat-loads of processor time
Very interested.
Doug
Posted by Doug Bonnizzio | June 26, 2007 1:58 PM