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cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 18 May 2004
15:27 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | i think that it would be very benificial to the world if we were to cluster tons of ti calcs together to make a supercalc. it is kinda like a supercomputer but with calc. i thnk that it would be very very cool |
Jayhawk
Dragoon
Posted: 18 May 2004
15:45 GMT
Total Posts: 80 | How do you plan to accomplish this?
In a real cluster, the links between nodes generally have lots of bandwidth. The link port on a calculator just won't suffice. And even if it was enough, how do you plan to "network" that many calculators together? |
BullFrog
Wraith
Posted: 18 May 2004
15:58 GMT
Total Posts: 623 | It's nice to dream.
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cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 18 May 2004
16:10 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | Well yes i know that there are many glitches but they would all andventually worked out. like the fact that thye are so much weaker than computer you could always overclock them. and for the little problem bout the networking well i guess that you would have to port regular network into a usb port..lol...hope so. |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 18 May 2004
16:25 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | nah, just cluster normal computers :)
tho, some kind of networking with calcs would be cool. it may in fact be possible with 84's and 89ti's new usb port tho...
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cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 18 May 2004
16:36 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | you could also network them with the ti navigator if you were to have tons of them. and not just computers clustered the is a clitch it has been done way to may time. plus if ti calc were to make it into the top ten supercomputer that would make headline it would turn the world as we know it upside down...make it supercomputer/supercalculator... that would be the top 500 list... |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 18 May 2004
17:01 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | Lol, that would make some people react... |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 18 May 2004
19:32 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | Yeah...this woudln't really work. However, i did hear one report of a team networking PS2's (i think) together because they have a lot of processing power for a (relatively) cheap price. The TI's use 16-bit processors (at best on 68k calcs) and at low megahertz, for the cost, it's far more economical to buy a PS2 which is much faster, 32-bit, and supports networking better. |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 18 May 2004
21:16 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | still not a very effective things if one needs a supercomputer. i'd agree on a fact that ps2's offer a good deal of power for the money but still not much comparing to hi-end pc's. mostly the network adapter would limit the ps2 in general, it may be 100mbit but i'm not sure. btw, just for the heck out it there's a cool supercomuter website: TOP500.org :)
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Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 18 May 2004
21:40 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | "Yeah...this woudln't really work. However, i did hear one report of a team networking PS2's (i think) together because they have a lot of processing power for a (relatively) cheap price."
Ya, some guys at the University of Illinois hooked up 82 or so PS2's to make a 'supercomputer'. I think that's what you were talking about Spiral. Also, Spiral's right. for the price you can get a TI-89 at [~$139.99 + tax] its much better just to implement PS2's, which now are down to ~$149.99 + tax, i think. Though hooking all the calcs together would be fun :) , you'd just need a lot of TI-navigators, each of which ported data to a much faster and higher-level processor, such as a computer. The lag from bouncing the data between all the routers you'd need to put it all on one master computer would be considerable, though. |
cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 19 May 2004
03:17 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | Yes i can understand that fact that ps2's creap cheaper and higher bit, but they only use that type of supercomputer for graphics purpose. calc making the top500 list would make an umsetting in the computer world...lol |
cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 19 May 2004
13:06 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | ok im think of starting the plzning phase of the project of mine...it will take lots and lots of planing and consideration...only because it would be cool. |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 19 May 2004
13:56 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | btw, if anyone wants to check out the info about the ps2 supercomp then head HERE. it's actually not that bad at all, the guys claim that the machine can put out half a trillion operations a second. if this is true then each system roughly puts out about 7500MIPS which is quite decent.
EDIT2: sry, forgot to check the html box when i edited my post...
[Edited by zkostik on 20-May-04 01:14]
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Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 19 May 2004
15:32 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | ya might want to have checked the HTML box Z :) |
CJthecreator
Probe
Posted: 19 May 2004
15:38 GMT
Total Posts: 4 | the super calc should have internet access with a messaging system...that would be cool too
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cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 19 May 2004
15:45 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | yes now that is what i mean a "super ps2" is free thinking like the supercalc is it has never been done befor. it is more opened minded like the ps2...because any moron can make a supercomputer heck even the US can make one...lol...jk. |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 19 May 2004
23:54 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | Obviously you don't know the meaning of moron. The average computer user doesn't even know basic troubleshooting. A moron is someone way below that level of intelligence. I'll just leave it at that. Am I condesending? Maybe. Set your expectations low and people will seem smarter. |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 20 May 2004
08:24 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | actually D, he said "jk" at the end. :) i missed that one at first and wrote nearly the same you did but then i noticed a little jk at the end so i canceled my post.
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cluster_calc
Probe
Posted: 20 May 2004
12:29 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | Yes i know that it is hard to make a supercomputer...it would be even harded to make a "supercalculator" though. |
