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El Capitan: New supercomputer is the fastest

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93 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 20:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source
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declan_roberts ◴[19 Nov 24 21:44 UTC] No.42188424[source]▶
Do super computers need proximity to other compute nodes in order to perform this kind of computations?

I wonder what would happen if Apple offered people something like iCloud+ in exchange for using their idle M4 compute at night time for a distributed super computer.

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conception ◴[19 Nov 24 21:46 UTC] No.42188437[source]▶
If you weren’t aware - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home
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1. declan_roberts ◴[19 Nov 24 21:47 UTC] No.42188450[source]▶
More of a SETI@home man myself.