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College Prof, Student Build Inexpensive, Desktop-Size Supercomputer

September 4, 2007 /

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The biggest hurdle was designing and building a system for less than $2,500, which was all they had from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich.

A computer science professor with the help of one of his students has built a desktop PC-size supercomputer with off-the-shelf hardware that costs less than $1,300.

Joel Adams, computer science professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., and then-senior Tim Brom set out in January to build a personal supercomputer that would fit next to a desk, or could be taken on a plane as checked baggage. The biggest hurdle was in designing and building a system for less than $2,500, which was all they had from the college.

By Antone Gonsalves
InformationWeek

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