Re: Cluster computing drawbacks

glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> IBM at least used to be interested in scientific computing.
> They did build the 360/91 and the vector instructions for S/370.
>
> But yes, the commercial side needs the high uptime.

well they have done those large clusters of things ... at
least dating back to the announcement referenced in this
posting
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/95.html#13

here is reference to more recent activity
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=948EF0BD-E854-4A6E-BC61-233280B893B3

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