Turn That PC Into a Supercomputer

[Und3ertak3r]

The idea seem cool.. but..

***Bottleneck***

the super performance will be limited by the slowest link in the system.. or the bottle neck.. in a pci card config.. the data i/o will be limited by the PCI Bus speed same on the pcmcia card use.. also access to reasonable memory.. while systems memspeeds are high.. you will be limited by the pci or whatever mobo buss that is used..

geez never thought I would be cynical.. prob just jealous because I cant get one now.. or be able to afford one in a years time..

Cheers

[puerco]

If you're interested in case modding, watercooling and other hardware hacking (xbox) take a look here: http://www.i-hacked.com/
They even have a howto on how to build a pc running mame into a old pacman cabinet.

[tejaswyappalla]

well then i'll drop my plans of buying a p-4 but this does thing doesn't tell anything about RAM
i thiught super computers need a lot of RAM well mine is 128 mb so lets wait n c!!
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PROUD TO BE A HINDU....

[CXGJarrod]

Originally posted here by DeadAddict
Normal everyday software wouldn't take advantage of all that processing power and for a average home user it would probably be a waste unless you were editing video, or needed a render farm if you were making CGI scenes

Yeah, but my Seti @ Home scores would kick @ss!

[Neo_diablos]

Thats crap even if the processor was able to do all that;

1. It would be so f%#$ing expensive it isnt funny
2. you would have to buy a motherboard of that capablities
3. almost all people wouldnt need it anyway ( except me
4. if you would want a very good computer just buy a dam server it would be cheaper

[catch]

Very similar to another older hoax in fact:

http://www.chipcenter.com/columns/bmcginty/col002.html

You be the judge.

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[rapier57]

Well, it will only cost about US$25k to put one of these together when the chips hit production, assuming they stay on schedule. That will give us time to find grant funding, a rich uncle, or swing a deal with that Nigerian who keeps sending me these emails. Hmmm ... wonder what OS would work best on this?

600 gFlops pushing out through a 600 mHz front side bus. Yeah!

Yeah, but my Seti @ Home scores would kick @ss!

Is there any other reason to have this much power on the desktop at home?

BTW, anyone know what these chips are made of? Unobtainium?

[catch]

BTW, anyone know what these chips are made of? Unobtainium?

Galium Arsenide prolly? DOD applications were using 40 GHz GaAs chips back in the early 80's, so I can only imagine where that technology has gone by now. (I'd be surprised if they've gone above 40GHz, but prolly have tremendous on chip parallel stuff.)

However with these chips I suspect, if it is not actually a hoax, that the focus is more on the breadth of the architecture rather than the frequency/stamp rate. these kind of multiple channels would have some unreal race condition possibilities, so I suspect secure environments with existing common operating systems would be a poor choice.

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[Lansing_Banda]

Man with these chips there is going to be a massive surge in technology everywhere. Even small labs without much funding could have a more than ample workstation to do work on. I can't wait to see the results.
Plus I want one: Anyone want to donate to my server appreciation fund? I have like 5 dollars, I only need 24,995 more.

[avdven]

Is there any other reason to have this much power on the desktop at home?

Hmmm... You could be watching over a 100 different... *cough*... adult... *cough* movies at once. :-D

AJ