Can use network of Web Clients and/or Web Servers
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Not clear if distinction (in capability) between web server and client will remain
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Web Client Models Include SuperWeb from UCSB and hotwired article "Suck your Mips".
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More powerful but less pervasive is a pure Web Server model as in NPAC WebFlow
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Can either use in controlled (IntraNets or run a server on every node of your MPP) or uncontrolled (the whole world wide web) fashion
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Uncontrolled mode has interesting economic implications and is controversial in security, network performance area
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Note total compute power in all Web "clients" is about 1000 times that in all Central Supercomputers
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