[Gllug] Grid Computing

[john.hearns at framestore.co.uk]

I suppose you've all seen this by now:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/20958.html
Oooohhhhhh........


13.6 teraflops, linked by 40gbyte network links -
that's some SERIOUS Quake fragging... 
err ahum particle physics event reconstruction 
and astrophysics simulation.

Seriously though - ten years into Linux and they/we are
starting to build things like this.
Cue me jumping up and down like Bishop Tutu. Yippee!!


BTW before anyone thinks that the poor old Europeans
are being left out, there is a big Eurogrid effort.

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