Here's a lower cost way of making a sorta-supercomputer, it reminds me of the computer from Pi... -
Microwulf is a personal, portable Beowulf cluster, providing over 26 Gflops of measured performance, for less than $2500. Its dimensions are just 11" x 12" x 17", making it small enough to fit on one's desktop or in a suitcase.
Microwulf: A personal, portable Beowulf cluster - [via] Link.
Posted by: samurai1200 on September 11, 2007 at 10:38 PM
ha... Pi was a great movie. i remember his computer's name being Euclid... and remember the CPU that ran the whole thing? it was like some tiny little DIP-8 chip that could rule the world!
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26 Gflops and all the RF interference you could ever want. Seriously, is this anywhere near FCC-kosher?
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ha... Pi was a great movie. i remember his computer's name being Euclid... and remember the CPU that ran the whole thing? it was like some tiny little DIP-8 chip that could rule the world!
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