Impromptu Supercomputer
New York Times Technology:
Some class science projects get out of hand.
That is certainly the case with Patrick Miller's graduate course in do-it-yourself supercomputing at the University of San Francisco. On April 3, his students plan to assemble the first "flash mob supercomputer" in the school gym.
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Last week, the class put out a call for about 1,200 volunteers to bring their computers to the Koret Gym here for a day and plug them into a shared high-speed network.
But then in the last paragraph.
After taking a shot at a speed record, the computer will be reorganized to serve as the host of a giant multiplayer video game tournament...
Posted by jackhodgson at February 23, 2004 02:22 PM