Xbox clusters?
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Josip Loncaric josip at icase.eduWed Nov 28 13:23:32 PST 2001
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"Robert G. Brown" wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Josip Loncaric wrote: > > > has anyone discussed making an Xbox cluster? > > I doubt it is worth it even for $250/node. Perhaps $200. You may be right. A cluster node does not need the Xbox-style fancy graphics, DVD drive, nor (sometimes) the hard drive, but it would need more memory and more software flexibility. However, the appeal of buying compact preconfigured CPU+RAM+NIC building blocks remains... BTW, the big monopolist selling the Xbox is supposedly losing $100 per unit, which they won't recover from people who play "Linux cluster games" instead of buying the usual crash-burn-maim commercial fare. Linux-on-Xbox idea is unlikely to get any help, even though Sony's Linux-on-PS2 was tried in Japan. Sincerely, Josip -- Dr. Josip Loncaric, Research Fellow mailto:josip at icase.edu ICASE, Mail Stop 132C PGP key at http://www.icase.edu./~josip/ NASA Langley Research Center mailto:j.loncaric at larc.nasa.gov Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA Tel. +1 757 864-2192 Fax +1 757 864-6134
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