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Foil 18 The Need for Alternative Supercomputing Resources

From MetaComputing -- MRA Meeting Part I:Concepts and Issues Tutorial for CRPC MRA Meeting at Cornell -- May 7 1996. by Mark Baker, Geoffrey Fox
1 1. Vast numbers of under utilised workstations available to use.
2 2. Huge numbers of unused processor cycles and resources that
3 could be put to good use in a wide variety of applications areas.
4 3. Reluctance to buy Supercomputer due to their cost and short life
5 span.
6 4. Distributed compute resources "fit" better into todays funding
7 model.
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