Personal supercomputer

Personal Supercomputer providing 4 x16 PCIe Slots with nVidia K20 GPU Servers, Dual Intel 10-Core E5 XEON processors, 192GB RAM

A personal supercomputer (PSC) is a high-performance computer system with capabilities and costs between those of standard personal computers and supercomputers. They allow an individual or organization to have access to a significant amount of computing power and are often used for a single purpose.^{[citation needed]} They are typically built by the user, but commercial models are available. Although considerably more expensive than a personal computer, PSCs are affordable to many people.^{[Like whom?]}

Architecture[]

A common way of building a PSC is syncing several computers with fast networking^[a] linked by a gigabit network switch. Some PSCs^[1] use clustered GPUs or CPUs. For example, the TYANPSC uses 40 Xeon processors to achieve 256 gigaflops.^{[citation needed]}

Applications[]

They can be used in medical applications for processing brain and body scans, resulting in faster diagnosis.^[2] Another application is persistent aerial surveillance where large amounts of video data needs to be processed and stored.^{[citation needed]}

Examples[]

Notes[]

^ commonly dual gigabit Ethernet switching per processor

References[]

^ Ganapati, Priya (August 3, 2009). "Personal Supercomputers Promise Teraflops on Your Desk". Wired. Wired.com. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
^ Wardrop, Murray (2008-12-05). "World's first personal supercomputer unveiled". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-07-08.

External Links[]

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[1] y dual gigabit Ethernet switching per processor

[2] Ganapati, Priya (August 3, 2009). "Personal Supercomputers Promise Teraflops on Your Desk". Wired. Wired.com. Retrieved 2011-07-08.

[3] Wardrop, Murray (2008-12-05). "World's first personal supercomputer unveiled". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-07-08.

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