At 06:56 AM 9/29/2006, Geoff Jacobs wrote:
Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
> If it was possible to build your own cluster in easy manner and then run
> for
> example a chessprogram at it in a user friendly way,
> there would be 100k+ clusters right now of 64 cpu's and more.
I think you maybe overestimate the number of chess players who can
challenge existing chess programs on their standard PC. I also think you
overestimate the number of chess players with ~$10k to blow on a cluster.
Vincent's example of chess players may be a bit overblown, but his
point is very well taken. There are an enormous number of people who
could use "big computation" if it were "easy to use" and "cheap
enough". $10K is a significant price point. Aside from traditional
consumers of such things (research labs, etc.) $10K is low enough
that it is almost a consumer item, albeit probably not mass market in
the millions of sales context.
Jim
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