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WebDork · 12-28-2003, 06:40 AM

The thing I am most interested in recently is distributed computing...

For example the SETI network is MASSIVELY more powerful that the worlds top Supercomputer. The most powerful computer, IBM's ASCI White, is rated at 12 TeraFLOPS and costs $110 million. SETI@home currently gets about 15 TeraFLOPs and has cost $500K so far.

As an example that extends to what a lot of us do - Looksmart is trying to build a distributed computing powered search engine. Its currently in BETA.

Google has 10,000 servers in its server farm. No clue how many are involved in the crawling aspect - but probably less than 1,000.

The SETI network by comparison has 600,000 computers which could all be set to crawl different sections of the web and effectively wipe out Googles lead overnight.

Distributed computing has mostly been non-commercial but Berkley has announced it will take on commercial projects next year - many of them will be biotech related...

Anyway - Im sure many of you guys will think yeah so what - but personally I think it would become VERY interesting if this power was unleashed on the commercial sector.

12-28-2003, 06:40 AM
WebDork Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 402	The thing I am most interested in recently is distributed computing... For example the SETI network is MASSIVELY more powerful that the worlds top Supercomputer. The most powerful computer, IBM's ASCI White, is rated at 12 TeraFLOPS and costs $110 million. SETI@home currently gets about 15 TeraFLOPs and has cost $500K so far. As an example that extends to what a lot of us do - Looksmart is trying to build a distributed computing powered search engine. Its currently in BETA. Google has 10,000 servers in its server farm. No clue how many are involved in the crawling aspect - but probably less than 1,000. The SETI network by comparison has 600,000 computers which could all be set to crawl different sections of the web and effectively wipe out Googles lead overnight. Distributed computing has mostly been non-commercial but Berkley has announced it will take on commercial projects next year - many of them will be biotech related... Anyway - Im sure many of you guys will think yeah so what - but personally I think it would become VERY interesting if this power was unleashed on the commercial sector. __________________ Video Ipod Porn Site with Affiliate Program. http://www.podies.com Free 1:1 Adult Webmaster Banner Exchange. Last edited by WebDork; 12-28-2003 at 06:53 AM..