Xbox Linux cluster
Anandtech took eight Xboxes, saddled them with modchips and new
BIOSes, and then combined them to form an Xbox Linux cluster to see what kind of distributed computing power it
could muster. For a total of $1830 they actually got a decent cluster, but the lack of onboard memory and crippled
Pentium III processors on the Xbox held things back, which is probably why everyone would be more impressed if they'd
done this back in 2002 rather than today.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
billy boncher @ Dec 19th 2005 1:47AM
i don't get it. what would a stack of xbox's do? play halo faster?
Paal @ Dec 19th 2005 1:47AM
Better for graphics. Some study friends of a friend formed a company in Oslo, Norway. They had developed a mapping display method, very fancy but it demanded a huge graphics rendering system. Solution; go to you local electronics store and stock up on 9 Xboxes. Rest of story; Pentagon has a look at the system and Raytheon bought the concept. They all drive Porsche now. Bastards. ;)
Drakuun @ Dec 19th 2005 1:47AM
wasn't dynebolic able to do this a while back? or was it phlak that could cluster modded xboxes
Michael Mitchell @ Dec 19th 2005 1:47AM
It's Linux, it won't play Halo. But what it would do is give you a 5.8GHz (733 MHz each) system with 512 MB of sharred memory (64 MB each), with RAM extentions you could really soup them up. It'd be a fine system, especially if you bought/made up standard USB to Xbox USB cables, you could do the USB Floppy or Thumbdrive thing.
qq @ Dec 19th 2005 1:47AM
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