Q-comp sim

[lenins]

Hi wulfs,
    As a final year project,I am planning to write a Quantum computer
simulator.
The aim of such a simulator will be to give very accurate simulation of a
Q-comp.

    The project calls for solving physics equations. The complexity lies in
the fact that to calculate a function of 8 bit input, in the worst case the
sim wolud have to execute the function 2^8 times (for each of the possible
input cases).
In short the characteristics are
    1.  Large number of calculations (each differing only in the input
values)
    2.  explicit parallelism
    3.  Very limited I/O operations

Inputs available are 25-30 Celeron 400 systems.(Networked Win-NT).Some
experience in pvm.And some very interested guys.

I would like to know if using a beowulf is really necessary or can i do it
with pvm.
If a beowulf is necessary what would we have to go through to get the wulf
up and running.

Thanks
lenin s