Got some spare PowerMac's? — #7

Post #7 by LCGuy

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	PowerPC
Post Date	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 - 06:32
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/got-some-spare-powermacs.16767/

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Wow, I had not seen the AppleCrate before. That is really something.
There was a time when this AppleSeed was really useful - you might remember when Virginia Tech made a supercomputer out of a bunch of G4s, but now... even the low end mini has more oomph than a moderately sized cluster of G3s. Considering the difference in power consumption involved, there's no real reason to make a PPC cluster - except as a fun / hobby / intro to parallel computing type of thing.

VT never used G4s, but they did make a cluster of 1100 G5s back in 2003, which they later upgraded to custom built 2.3 Ghz Xserve G5 Cluster Nodes. (this was before the 2.3 Ghz variant was released to the public, so they were built especially for VT) Its still running too, they lease time on it to outside companies.

linky