Supercomputing at less than the cost of a loaf of bread
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| A supercomputing, pay-per-use service that would make supercomputing
| affordable to small and mid-sized businesses as well individuals who need
| added computation power, was announced Tuesday.
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| [...]
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| The user connects using Secure Shell or SSH, according to Dave Gibson, who
| heads business development at Interactive. The computer is run by
| Interactive's partner Tsunamic Technologies.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1138273654&rid=-50
Who would support Windows in this space with ~1% market share? [troll
emulation/]
Related:
Bringing Supercomputing Power Down to Size
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| Now the computer industry is poised for a second transformation, in which
| supercomputing technology is trickling down to corporate data centers and
| desktop PCs, supplying them with unprecedented power.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Bringing-Supercomputing-Power-Down-to-Size-60794.html
Linux in more than 90% of top supercomputers
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| Other operating systems, such as AIX (4.8%), Solaris (0.4%) and Mac OS X
| (0.4%) make the list, but Linux is alone at the top, where it is used in 459
| systems or 91.8% of the top supercomputer systems.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/15/linux-in-more-than-90-of-top-supercomputers/
http://tinyurl.com/2rponk
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