YOU too could soon have access to the power of a supercomputer. This week a group of leading technology companies joined forces to bring “grid” computing to the masses – and they are using open-source software to do it.
Grid technologies allow computer users to pool resources, such as processing power, storage and data, to create powerful “virtual” supercomputers. The dream is to make this capability available on tap, like water or electricity, for customers to rent when they need it.
To help make this possible, scientists at the Argonne National Laboratories and the University of Southern California came up with…
