===== PS3 Super Computing Cluster =====


====== January Meeting: PS3 Super Computing Cluster ======

Date: January 4, 2011 at 7 p.m.\\
Location: [[history:location:20|Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room P211A]]\\


===== Gnews =====

Speaker: [[history:speaker:60|various]]\\

The meeting will begin with our semi-regular Gnews session that briefly highlights "New to Linux" beginner topics and other Linux tips.

After the main presentation we will have a Q & A help session. open to the floor so bring your problems and the group will no doubt have some insights on them.

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===== How to set up and program a PS3 super computing cluster =====

Speaker: [[history:speaker:55|Matthew Bastian]]\\

Talk outline:

  - What is super computing?
  - Why the PS3?
  - The PS3 architecture.
  - What does a cluster look like?
  - Programming a cluster.
  - Some timing examples.
  - Observations and conclusions.

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==== About the Speaker ====

Matthew Bastian is a flight test engineer with the National Research Council of Canada. When he's not busy flying on research aircraft, he writes real time airborne data acquisition software.


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