Those there dual cores will blow out normal systems just by running the SMP core. I think that they also out-perform the PS3 for now.
I was looking at a microwulf type cluster. Taking some of my older machines (single core) and making a Quad and running the SMP client on them. Any idea if this would work?
We’re talking about 2GHz Athlons for the project. I doubt that two of them together would get the job done, and I’m sure that there is some overhead from having the chips on different systems, but I suspect that 4 together might do a pretty decent job.
Each of these systems singularly would post about 100ppd (give or take). So I’m looking at 400 at best.
A single dual-core with each core running about 2GHz with the smp client will post about 450ppd.
The way I figure it I should get near 600ppd even with the inefficiency. Not bad for keeping a few older systems around.
I could also save a little bit of power by having them in a microwulf as I would only need a HDD and other peripherals on one system.
Give me any feedback you might have on this as I trust your judgement (that’s probably foolish).
I won’t be able to start work on this project for a bit more than a week as I’m in Korea with our troops, but it seems like a fun project.