[sdiy] fantasy computer poll

[phillip m gallo]

Two responses to the question below come to mind;

1)
More Responsible Answer:

Rent the setup out @ 3 times my overhead to own and maintain with some pro
bono time for music and non-commercial non-governmental science.

2)
More Likely Answer:

Move the Ethernet Connection into the house for the kids,
Dismantle and sell 502 of the processors; also sell 2024 of the 2048GB of
memory, retain 16 devices each of the periph's mentioned, selling the rest.

The money from this sale used to hire a staff to complete a digisyn which i
would put online free whose bandwidth wouldn't interfere with the kid's
downloading and game playing.

regards,
p

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Phil Harbison
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 12:07 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: [sdiy] fantasy computer poll


I know this isn't an analog topic, and I don't mean to start
another digital-vs-analog thread; however, this is DIY (sort
of) so I hope nobody objects to this poll.

Suppose you were given a computer with the following specs.

    + 512 processors (each PowerPC G4 or Pentium4 class)
    + 2 Terabytes (2024GB) of DDR2 memory (not disk, *RAM*)
    + 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections to the outside world
    + Each processor is interconnected (i.e can share memory
      or pass messages to the other processors)
    + Assume any necessary I/O devices are available (e.g.
      DACs, ADCs, MIDI, SCSI, etc.)

What would you do with it? Other than the obvious application
(generating enough virtual porn to last a lifetime) I can
think of a few applications.

    + directly synthesize an entire orchestra
    + search genomics databases for DNA matches
    + large scale simulations (e.g. global weather, US economy)
    + extremely fast database server
    + extremely fast search engine (Google on steroids)
    + CGI and animation rendering
    + signal processing (FFTs, FIR filters, etc.)

Any other ideas?

Please be warned that if anyone says "run a fantasy baseball
league" I will bitch-slap you into the next time zone. :-)

--
Phil Harbison
(S3N10R HAX0R, BUTT APPAR3NTLY N0T L33T)




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