why not the same model for a cloud? It's build on almost 300 Cell
processors and has the highest computes per watt of any super computer
and broke the petaflop record.
http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/651
What is the difference between a cloud and a super computer like this?
Could something like this be used as a cloud?
- randall
On Jun 11, 11:21 pm, Alan Ho <karlu...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Disclaimer : rumours below
>
> I've heard some rumour of a startup company in stealth mode in boulder doing exactly that. I'd expect that IBM may combine its cell processor and upcoming Blue Cloud initiaves at some point too.
>
> Why stop at graphics processors ? Another rumour is that a quantum computing company may offer its services through a cloud initiative too - makes sense since it takes near kelvin temperatures to operate quantum computer :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khazret Sapenov <sape...@gmail.com>
> Sent: June 11, 2008 7:46 PM
> To: cloud-computing@googlegroups.com
> Subject: GPU-based Compute Cloud
>
> What do you think about compute cloud, powered by general purpose GPUs (graphics processing units), dedicated entirely to stream processing?
> It'll provide good(cheap?) facilities for evolutionary computation or media processing (e.g. transcoding video files).
> I've read that SUN is working in this direction (apparently due to inoptimal price/performance ratio), and Apple just makes alternative to CUDA, which eventually is one step further to commodity GPGPUs, suitable for cloud.
>
> cheers,
> Khaz Sapenov
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