Enterprise software giants such as Oracle are writing applications around "grid computer" networks--i.e.
Sensors installed throughout the network send data about local grid conditions to a central computer, 30 times a second.
The resources of those individual machines will then be pooled to create a massive computing "grid, " a virtual computer that is more powerful than the fastest supercomputers.
The Compass Computer he designed for Grid Systems with the screen folded over the keyboard appeared in 1981, flew on the space shuttle, and inspired virtually every notebook design since.
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Cynics reckon that the Grid is merely an excuse by computer scientists to milk the political system for more research grants so they can write yet more lines of useless code.
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What keeps national security experts who study this up at night, is the fact that an EMP blast has the capability to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, computer systems, and even the power grid.
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To process the MRI data, a computer overlaid on Pickens' brain a virtual three-dimensional grid of 50, 000 cubes called voxels (a word hinting at volume and pixels).
The electric grid does not care if you plug in a toaster, an iron, or a computer.
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Ideally, this sort of set-up could allow computer users in remote areas to be able to charge up without worrying about grid connectivity.
Bird, 55, who is project leader for the computing grid, says the detectors can put out more data than his computers can handle, enough to fill the biggest computer disk drive in a fraction of a second.
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