[Beowulf] why we need cheap, open learning clusters

[Douglas Eadline]

> Well.. On the Beowulf list the (super) goes without saying.. Is there any
> other kind worth considering?<grin>
>
> (is a cluster of Arduinos a Beowulf? It's commodity hardware running open
> source software using commodity non-proprietary interconnects. I think
> so..
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> But I don't think it's HPC... So it would be a "personal cluster computer"
> or a "personal Beowulf" but probably not a "personal supercomputer"

I use the term "personal workstation cluster" when describing a
Limulus. The "workstation" implies a more technical machine.

"personal supercomputer" works well for headlines, but
I believe the terms "personal" and "supercomputer" are
somewhat orthogonal.

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Doug

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> On 5/12/13 11:05 AM, "Joe Landman" <landman at scalableinformatics.com>
> wrote:
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>>On 05/12/2013 01:55 PM, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote:
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>>> I am a BIG believer in personal computingŠ
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>>s/personal computing/personal supercomputing/
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>>For the same reasons.
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