Xgrid - Parallel and Distributed Computing

MacRumors

macrumors bot

Original poster

Oct 12, 2003

#1

ThinkSecret.com discovered that Apple had set up a new mailing list for Xgrid users.

According to the description, "This mailing list is for user discussion use and deployment of Xgrid -- Apple's solution for parallel and distributed high performance computing."

'Xgrid' was originally trademarked by Apple in October 2002. There has been some subsequent rumors about it, but little direct information from Apple until now.

Article Link: https://www.macrumors.com/2003/10/12/xgrid-parallel-and-distributed-computing/

mj_1903

macrumors 6502a

Oct 12, 2003

#2

Very cool. I wonder when the release of this solution will be? Thinksecret seems to have no other information.

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Hawthorne

macrumors regular

Oct 12, 2003

#3

The first subscriber on the list?

Va. Tech, of course!

Slashdot has news that the Va. Tech supercomputer (nicknamed "Big Mac") is now the #2 dawg out there. Wow.

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cesar

macrumors member

Oct 12, 2003

#4

xgrid and the G5 Xserve...

wwoowow. xgrid will be great!!!!

now, the only thing missing is the G5 Xserve....

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Pedro Estarque

macrumors regular

Oct 12, 2003

#5

Can Photoshop take advantage of this?

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Raiden

macrumors regular

Oct 12, 2003

#6

Wow, this sounds really cool!! I wonder when we will be able to take advantage of this...

Catfish_Man

macrumors 68030

Oct 12, 2003

#7

Sweeeeeet.

Mr.Hey

macrumors 6502

Oct 12, 2003

#8

G5 servers!!!

With the VT G5 supercomputer clocking at a theoretical 17.6 Tflops! this comes in at just about the right time.

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/12/143259&mode=thread&tid=107&tid=187&threshold=-1

dongmin

macrumors 68000

Oct 12, 2003

#9

Things are falling into place, don't you think, for a World Wide Domination by Apple?

First OS X, then the G5, and now the Xgrid. VaTech was huge. And we've been hearing about Pixar potentially making a large investment in G5s.

MrMacMan

macrumors 604

Oct 12, 2003

#10

Woo that really kicks.

I mean great news for the G5 and massive Clusters everywhere.

Behind Earth Simulator which costed $350 million Dollars .

Thats AMAZING for Performance/Cost.

Powerbook G5

macrumors 68040

Oct 12, 2003

#11

I wonder what Skynet would have been like if it were ran off of Apple instead of Dell...maybe we'll find out...

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porky

macrumors regular

Oct 12, 2003

#12

Call me stupid but, what's XGrid?

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gwangung

macrumors 65816

Oct 12, 2003

#13

Originally posted by porky
Call me stupid but, what's XGrid?

You're not stupid (but do you want me to call you that anyway?).

All that's happened is that Apple trademarked the term...and that's it. Everything that's known about the term is on this page.

Catfish_Man

macrumors 68030

Oct 12, 2003

#14

Originally posted by gwangung
You're not stupid (but do you want me to call you that anyway?).

All that's happened is that Apple trademarked the term...and that's it. Everything that's known about the term is on this page.

No, what happened is that Apple set up a mailing list for a product called XGrid that's for clustering groups of computers. From other sources I've seen, it appears to be based off of Sun's Grid Engine.

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bobindashadows

macrumors 6502

Oct 12, 2003

#15

XCode technology...

Doesn't this remind anyone of the XCode technology, which compiles across networks? Pretty nifty keen.

This is a random guess based on "parallel and distributed computing"...

mvc