The Alameda county computer resource center (ACCRC) has developed a super computer with the sum total processing power of 22.7 GHz. This is not like any other PC but has been made by combining the old computers.
The ACCRC collects the old PCs and for this computer they clustered 31 PCs which were donated to them and an average processing power is 733MHz per node. The master node is a 1 GHz Pentium III server donated by CNET and all the other slave nodes entirely consists of old computers.
Further, they have powered them using their own vegetable oil fueled generator.
ACCRC not only builds supercomputers out of discarded computers they also give away free refurbished computers to schools, non-profit organizations, and economically and/or physically disadvantaged individuals.
No doubt their motto is ‘Obsolescence is Just a Lack of Imagination.’
Via: Ecogeek
