supercomputer

orion · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:06 am

I keep feeling this itch to build a computeing grid with enough power to rival nasa. Any one else have this problem?

Theo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:09 am

No, but imagine a beowulf cluster of those...

jtbarclay · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:57 am

rival nasa? Hell my graphing calculator is already faster than the shuttle's computers...

Theo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:41 am

Hmm, here's a thought for you:
ARDUINO SPACE VEHICLE

orion · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:21 pm

jtbarclay · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:04 pm

hmm, I was wondering why the ridiculous price tag for only 8 processors, then I saw the half terabyte of ram...

jtbarclay · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:05 pm

Theo wrote:

Hmm, here's a thought for you:
ARDUINO SPACE VEHICLE

off topic, but... (link)

edit: did I do something wrong with that link, or am I just braindead at the end of the week, it looks right to me???

orion · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:53 pm

look closely thats 8x4 for 32 2.2ghz cores to go with half a tb in ram

Theo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:58 pm

It does make me wonder what I could build from commodity parts, to that spec, and for how much ca$h. Hmmmmm.

orion · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:16 pm

*wonders if he should tell everyone just how much research he has put into this.