[Year 12 IT Apps] Parallel processing with GPUs - make your own supercomputer for $600

[Mark Kelly]

"It was only 11 years ago that the U.S. government spent approximately 
$33 million to build ASCI Red, one of the first supercomputers to 
achieve 1 teraflop. The new graphics chips offer similar power to the 
1997-era supercomputer for a fraction of the cost...."

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2008/06/gpu_power

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Mark Kelly
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