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Berkeley scientists suggest a supercomputer made from iPod processors

supercomputer.jpgA team of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working on climate-change prediction have suggested that a supercomputer made from thousands of inexpensive, low-power processors like those found in iPods and cellphones would be cheaper to build and require less electricity to operate than one built with more powerful chips. [AP] (Via Spidey Senses, photo by AP)

7:40 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Jackson West
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