Apple Computer set its sights even more squarely on supercomputing and distributed grid computing this week with the preview and beta release of its Xgrid technology designed for scientists and their compute-intensive environments. Apple’s announcement of the technology, which is available as a free beta download from the Cupertino, California-based company’s Web site, highlights the trend among scientific and other high-end computing users of moving from single, powerful mainframe computers to distributed grids that can maximize computing resources.
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Apple Previews Xgrid Clustering Technology
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 8, 2004 02:52 PMApple Computer set its sights even more squarely on supercomputing and distributed grid computing this week with the preview and beta release of its Xgrid technology designed for scientists and their compute-intensive environments. Apple’s announcement of the technology, which is available as a free beta download from the Cupertino, California-based company’s Web site, highlights the trend among scientific and other high-end computing users of moving from single, powerful mainframe computers to distributed grids that can maximize computing resources.