[118762] in Cypherpunks
RE: Cluster of Pentium processors becomes supercomputer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Burnes)
Thu Oct 7 15:06:57 1999
From: "Jim Burnes" <jburnes@earthlink.net>
To: "'Robert Hettinga'" <rah@shipwright.com>, <cryptography@c2.net>,
<cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:21:47 -0400
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A self-organizing mass calling itself Robert Hettinga forwarded...
> Source: Cornell University
> http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Oct99/cluster.ws.html
>
> At Cornell, cluster of Pentium processors becomes a supercomputer
>
> FOR RELEASE: Oct. 5, 1999
>
> Contact: Bill Steele
> Office: (607) 255-7164
> E-Mail: ws21@cornell.edu
>
> ITHACA, N.Y. -- You may have a piece of a supercomputer on
> your desk --
> that is, if you can get together with a few friends.
>
Bob:
This idea is an old one. I suspect the Cornell thing is a
MickeySoft PR campaign. This whole concept has already been done
better and cheaper by many universities and national labs with
Beowulf Linux clusters.
jim
