10-08-2003, 10:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Pocket PC Cluster Consisting Of 12 Linked Devices
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/dev/articles/pocketcluster/index.html
"As a part of our continuing research at Spb Software House, we have assembled and tested a computing cluster based on Pocket PC devices. Twelve Pocket PC devices have been joined in a cluster to perform distributed calculations - the devices share the load of a complex calculation. The concept was to compare the performance of several Pocket PC devices linked into a cluster with the performance of a typical Pentium II-class desktop computer." 8O
They used IR because all Pocket PCs had that and the tests being performed were processor intensive, not network intenstive. They could have used TCP/IP but that would have meant additional hardware and expense. Pretty cool, but why would anyone do this? W?BIC! 
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10-08-2003, 10:04 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Isn't this cool? maybe I will use some Pocket PC's for a new server for my company
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10-08-2003, 10:08 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Pretty cool, but why would anyone do this?
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Hmm .. beats me 
How about :
1. Boredom
2. Nothing on TV
3. Trying to get an XScale to go faster
Dom
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10-08-2003, 10:26 PM
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Pontificator
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10-08-2003, 10:48 PM
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Thoughts Media Review Team
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What I found kind of interesting and a little unexpected, was that (what is it? 10 years later?) that a dozen Pocket PC's with all that new processor technology and higher speed memory, could only pull out the processing throughput of a Pentium II!!!
Makes you really wonder whether we're progressing or just adding a whole bunch of 'stuff' to what is essentially the same decorator crab at the core.
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10-08-2003, 10:50 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
What I found kind of interesting and a little unexpected, was that (what is it? 10 years later?) that a dozen Pocket PC's with all that new processor technology and higher speed memory, could only pull out the processing throughput of a Pentium II!!!
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At a fraction of the power utilization and size. Technology gets faster and/or smaller.
--janak
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10-08-2003, 11:04 PM
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Mystic
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What can I say that others have not? When you have so many Pocket PCs laying around and can really only use one at a time normally - this is just a real cool and geeky way to use them!
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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10-08-2003, 11:06 PM
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Intellectual
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When you have so many Pocket PCs laying around and can really only use one at a time normally - this is just a real cool and geeky way to use them!
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That's why they invented Ebay 
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10-08-2003, 11:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
What I found kind of interesting and a little unexpected, was that (what is it? 10 years later?) that a dozen Pocket PC's with all that new processor technology and higher speed memory, could only pull out the processing throughput of a Pentium II!!!
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But the cost is prohibitive, you could probably pick up an old PII desktop for $50-100, whereas 12 PPC's would still cost you a fair amount of cash, neat idea anyhow.
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10-09-2003, 12:06 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
What I found kind of interesting and a little unexpected, was that (what is it? 10 years later?) that a dozen Pocket PC's with all that new processor technology and higher speed memory, could only pull out the processing throughput of a Pentium II!!!
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It goes to show that the 400 mhz we're getting from the Xscale is really more like 50 mhz on a PII - but it likely draws 50x less power (or more). It's all about the power consumption with mobile devices, but I do crave some real processing power now and then...
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