FYI There is a very good article in Linux magazine written by Tom Sterling in 2003 that provides a first person history (I have used it to stamp out more than a few urban legends)
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/1378/ -- Doug > And from a simple statement in that paper: > "It is clear from these results that higher bandwidth networks are > required" > > Did an entire industry spring.. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Christopher Samuel > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Computer on a stick > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29/02/12 02:36, Hearns, John wrote: > >> What was the spec of the original Beowulf project nodes? > > Their paper says: > > http://egscbeowulf.er.usgs.gov/geninfo/Beowulf-ICPP95.pdf > > # The Beowulf prototype employs 100 MHz Intel DX4 microprocessors # and a > 500 MByte disk drive per processor. > [...] > # The DX4 delivers greater computational power than other members # of the > 486 family not only from its higher clock speed, but also # from its 16 > KByte primary cache (twice the size of other 486 # primary caches) 6]. > Each motherboard also contains a 256 KByte # secondary cache. > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Doug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
