Computer networking event doesn’t compute as planned
April 5, 2004 | Source: Technology Research News
FlashMob I, the world’s first attempt to create a supercomputer ranking among the top 500 by hooking together computers from volunteers, failed on Saturday at the University of San Francisco.
But the crew managed to get 256 (target was 1,200) computers working together at almost half the speed required for the top 500 status.