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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Narmerthoth: [QB] [b]Africa and Super Computing[/b] Today's engineering in most all areas require the availability of tremendous computing resources in R&D. From Medical to weather forecasting to communication development to manufacturing, super computing availability is required. In Africa, outside of South Africa, there is a dire lack of these essential computing resources. Even the most basic many node computing resources are scare to non-existent in Africa. I find this absence of computing resources particularly puzzling, since today it really doesn't take a rocket scientist to assemble a working thousand node, off-the-shelf supercomputer using commodity components. Any first year computer science or electronic engineer could accomplish this design and implementation for less than $20,000 (US) which any of Africa's nation's GDP is well capable of supporting. Here, a white African in Kenya is expressing his goal of developing a cheap, low performance super-computer. One of the first outside of South Africa. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/05/africa-developing-its-first-supercomputer-outside-south-africa/ [IMG]https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rocktheihub-640x204.png[/IMG] Bear in mind that this is an extremely low performance 24 node system. The article does not reveal how many CPU core exist per node, but assuming there are 4 cores per node, this system would provide approx. 96 cores. Comparing the above system being developed in Kenya, Whites in South Africa have this new Dell 40,000 core system. http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/africas-fastest-supercomputer-unveiled-in-cape-town-20160607 [IMG]http://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/4062/c6cfc9e50c8143c3b4446d9f6f411f4b.jpg[/IMG] Other than these two widely diverse super-computers, there are no other SC in Africa to mention. To show how easy it is to assemble a viable super computer from off-the-shelf commodity parts, here is a SC assembled from old Playstation 3 consoles, which today can be found in abundance in any ole garbage dump such as those found in the world's 5th largest dumping grounds for US/European obsolete electronics, Nigeria. http://www.sciencealert.com/this-physicist-has-built-a-supercomputer-from-old-playstations [IMG]http://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/3299702002_36a608ca87_o_web_1024.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.sciencealert.com/images/art-nov-15/playstations.jpg[/IMG] The point of the post is, a country lacking even a medium performance SC has absolutely no chance of controlling the build of a satellite or space craft. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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