Re: [Beowulf] Accelerator for data compressing

2008-10-05 Thread Nifty niftyompi Mitch
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:58:16PM -0700, Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 02:17:52AM -0700, Bill Broadley wrote: > > > Er, that makes no sense to me. You aren't going to end up with a smaller > > file by encoding a file less efficiently. > > I often find that floating-point data d

Re: [Beowulf] IKEA priced supercomputer - the Helmer cluster

2008-10-05 Thread Vincent Diepeveen
This is great stuff to read :) Those Swedes can do everything with wood it seems :) Especially the IKEA idea and the height comparision with the Michael Johnson shoe gave me some great laughs :) Maybe you can modify the drawers of the ikea box and then have also real easy maintenance with

[Beowulf] FY;) the Helmer cluster

2008-10-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
A Linux cluster built in a Helmer IKEA cabinet: http://helmer.sfe.se/ Here's another version of it: http://obscuredclarity.blogspot.com/2008/09/24-core-linux-cluster-in-2999-case-from.html Cooling looks a bit suboptimal. ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beo

[Beowulf] Connectionists: NIPS workshop CfP: Parallel Implementations of Learning Algorithms

2008-10-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
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RE: [Beowulf] Has DDR IB gone the way of the Dodo?

2008-10-05 Thread Michael Huntingdon
And once thought to be so the "C" word(u commercial) Michael Huntingdon Systems Performance Consultants Higher Education Account Manager (408) 294-6811 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Broadley Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008