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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. Vast numbers of under utilised workstations available to use.
2. Huge numbers of unused processor cycles and resources that
could be put to good use in a wide variety of applications areas.
3. Reluctance to buy Supercomputer due to their cost and short life
span.
4. Distributed compute resources "fit" better into todays funding
model.

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