[Beowulf] Neocortex unreal supercomputer

[Jim Cownie]

> write the dame question down this time.
The question was well known (“What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?”), it was merely ill-formed.
It clearly didn’t obey the supposed first law of court interrogation: “Never ask a witness a question for which you do not know the answer.”

From lower in the thread, I am amused that these machines are re-using Meiko product names (CS-1, CS-2) :-)

-- Jim
James Cownie <jcownie at gmail.com>
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> On 15 Jun 2020, at 16:46, Douglas Eadline <deadline at eadline.org> wrote:
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>> On 13/6/20 10:11 pm, Jonathan Engwall wrote:
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>>> There is the strange part. How to utilize such a vast cpu?
>>> Storage should be the back end, unless the use is an api. In this case a
>>> gargantuan cpu sits in back, or so it seems.
>> 
>> My guess is that this sits connected to the server, they load an
>> algorithm on to it and they shovel data at it over the vast number of
>> network cards and eventually it comes back with an answer. Hopefully
>> their acceptance test will say "42".
> 
> The 7.5 million year runtime might be a bit of a drag, but
> let's give it a shot, and write the dame question down this time.
> 
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