Quote from: VeGa-NL on November 23, 2017, 08:21:48 AM

Quote from: bluehalk on November 21, 2017, 04:59:26 AM

Question: given that this is a supercomputer, wouldn't one use it to create a super miner to mine say bitcoins? Load up on GNTs now while its in cents and once live use those GNTs to buy the power and mine bitcoins.

What I don't get is, how are they making all these tiny computers (participants) and combine it to be a super computer. Its like saying 1 female takes 9 months to bring a child in the world, now by adding more females, the said child could be born in less time. Huh

Not sure how Golem want to tie all that compute power together, but combining multiple computers together to create one supercomputer is not new. Basically all the Top500 computers are just a collection of computers working together.
Trinity a supercomputer in the top 10 of supercomputers has 979968 Cores and uses Intel Xeon Phi 7250 cpu's. 64 cores per processor, that means they need 14411 cpu socket. So basically its just a datacenter full of servers working as one.

We still cant make babies in 1 month with 9 women, but we sure as hell can create a supercomputer from multible compute nodes.
I know at least one University had a supercomputer made from all sorts of types of old computers, that were mostly donated, what was in the Top500 back in the days.

I also think that Golem can be a lifesaver for University's. The ability to have a supercomputer ready and waiting, without having to worry about the initial cost and upkeep is gold.

Thank you for the explanation.