Prospector

Ending the Grid Lock

Grid computing most certainly will allow a huge jump in corporate computing power. In most companies now almost every employee is needing a computer to do their job - but maybe just to update a data entry form. Think of , for example, of all the cash registers at all the Walmart stores. They probably can be used to make a huge parallel processor. Once the software is refined I think it will be a normal part of the operating system to be connected to other computers.
Whbat are some of the implications of this?
Maybe people will be able to sell time on their pc at home to grid aggregators who sell out the time in bulk to large users.
Maybe you would be able to join a grid "club" to share your computer with others who let you share theirs.
Some companies get stingy with buying computers for employees that only use them for specific tasks. They may have ten workers on an assembly line share one unit to input time cards for example. Well, if they knew that the computing power would be put to good use all the time they may not be so reluctant to buy more pc's.

There are many possibilities. I will keep my eye on this one.

Article in Technology Review:
Ending the Grid Lock
Karen Epper Hoffman March 2, 2005

Ending the Grid Lock

posted by Prospector @ 8:20 AM