[Beowulf] [External] beowulf hall of fame

Douglas Eadline deadline at eadline.org
Fri Feb 25 21:59:12 UTC 2022


Here is an over simplification

  Thomas managed the project
  Jim provided the funds
  Don was the main engineer who made it happen

<snark)
It would be great if someone made a short documentary video
with interviews from the key players. Oh wait,

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-epcSlAFvI

</snark>

--
Doug

> Thanks for sharing. Is anyone else disappointed to not see Don Becker on
> that list? I don't mean to rain on Jim Fischer,'s parade, or his
> contribution to the project - I know nothing about him or his role in
> the project. When I ever I hear someone talk about the first Beowulf
> cluster, the two names I always hear mentioned are Thomas Sterling and
> Don Becker, and they've been singled out as the creators of Beowulf many
> times (at the BeoBash on the 25th anniversary of Beowulf, for example).
> I've never heard of Jim Fischer before.
>
> Prentice
>
> On 2/25/22 8:00 AM, Michael DiDomenico wrote:
>> in case you missed it, apparently beowulf computing is being inducted
>> into the space technologies hall of fame.  in other news apparently
>> there's a space technologies hall of fame...
>>
>> https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/beowulf-computing-cluster-will-be-inducted-into-the-space-technologies-hall-of-fame
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