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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 17:40 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> NASA Scientists Conquer Einstein Equations With Help From Columbia
>>> Supercomputer
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>>>| For the first time, more complex data sets and complete workflows canb
>>>| e driven entirely out of memory, enabling productivity breakthroughs
>>>| that traditional Linux clusters or repurposed UNIX(R) servers can't
>>>| achieve. Altix systems offer breakthrough flexibility and
>>>| configurability, scaling to up to 512 processors per node. Based on a
>>>| 64-bit Linux(R) operating environment, the Altix family is uniquely
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>>>| shared memory and/or I/O on a single, standard chassis with different
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>>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/65722/index.html
>>
>> Hmmm, interesting. The whole computing landscape is shifting very very
>> quickly at the moment (unless you're waiting for Vista, of course, in
>> which case you've been waiting since 2003 and are unlikely to get
>> anything before 2007, if at all).
>>
>> The whole concept of clustering/sharing cycles/moving jobs has yet to be
>> explored to anything like its potential.
>
> Well, any SOA infrastructure (if you are thinking towards
> Web-based applications) could truly benefit from clustered
> servers and maybe even supercomputers (e.g. Web-based
> rendering software). The main peril may be issues such as
> Wen nuetrality at the moment, which rule out the
> practicability of a responsive on-line O/S such as YouOS.
>
I'm thinking of the real son-of-the-web, not really "internet2" as
everyone's been quoting, but the thing which the "internet" will become
as technology moves on. The thing that Isaac Asimov predicted, all
those years ago.
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