[ale] Linux on a supercomputer

[Thompson Freeman]

I'm sure many people have read of several supercomputer projects based
on Linux and networked Intel machines. The one project I recall gives a Beawolf
supercompter, but I've seen others. There was an article on Beawolf in Science
about 6 months ago. I have also seen a group working on networking Intel
machines through parallel ports, but don't recall the name of that project and
have lost the URL.

The thing I find impressive is that with Linux, you can put together a system
for about $50K capable of ab initio quantum calculations. I might actually need
to go back and relearn some of that mess.

On Jul 30,  6:08pm, Andrew Newton wrote:
> Subject: [ale] Linux on a supercomputer
> A friend of mine just faxed me an article out of the
> latest Government Computer News (or whatever GCN
> stands for).  Anyway, there is an article in there
> about a NIST scientist that strung together 3
> Pentium Pros to create a "supercomputer" that can
> outperform a Connections Machine and Sparcstation
> 20.  The OS he uses to do it is Linux.
>
> --
> Andrew Newton
> lfs at eskimo.com
> alnewton at automatedlogic.com
> http://www.eskimo.com/~lfs
>
>-- End of excerpt from Andrew Newton



-- 
Thompson Freeman		       tfreeman at vnet.net
========================================================
Student of Chemistry and other Philosophical Studies

!!  Free Knowledge! Bring your own bucket and shovel!
========================================================