• DocumentCode
    983086
  • Title

    News Briefs

  • Author

    Paulson, Linda Dailey

  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    A US professor has built a high-performance computer that sits on a desktop and cost only $2,470 to construct. It now could be built for just $1,255. Calvin College professor Joel Adams and former student Tim Brom began constructing Microwulf late last 2006. Microwulf, the name of which derives from NASA´s 1994 supercomputer cluster known as Beowulf, performs at 26.25 gigaflops. Microwulf measures just 11x12 x 17 inches. The increasing power and decreasing size of the parallel-processing multicore chips that Microwulf uses enabled Adams to make the computer fast yet small.
  • Keywords
    multiprocessing systems; parallel processing; Microwulf; high-performance computer; parallel-processing multicore chips; Analog computers; Costs; Digital images; Displays; FCC; Frequency; High performance computing; Image converters; Pixel; Shape; e-wallpaper; high-performance computers; thin client technology; wireless technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2007.396
  • Filename
    4385251
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=983086