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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

AIST Super Cluster

The Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) campus in Tsukuba is home to the AIST Super Cluster. Unlike the Earth Simulator, this cluster is housed in a normal building. So cluster nodes are secured at the top as shown in the photo so they don't fall over in an earthquake! That really gives you a sense of security when you are beside the machine! Seriously!



More details about the AIST Super Cluster here.

posted by peterpiper at 11:39 PM

4 Comments:

  • Crush to death by giant supercomputer. What a way to go.

    By Blogger Ray, at Sat Oct 08, 07:41:00 PM 2005  

  • Hey just notice the cool sepia pics of your bike! btw how did you get out of focus background?

    By Blogger Ray, at Sun Oct 09, 05:54:00 PM 2005  

  • To get out of focus background, focus on the foreground. Ha ha. In that photo, the foreground is very near; so use the mode for close ups, little flower icon. Also used, focus lock, no flash, and count down timer.

    Focus lock allows you to test how the camera will do its focus (it focuses at the object in the middle, you can shift the camera after focus locking to put the focused object on another part of the image (in theory)).

    The timer allows the camera to be really still when the image is being taken.

    By Blogger peterpiper, at Sun Oct 09, 07:14:00 PM 2005  

  • What kind of cam are you using btw? Cos all the focusing on mine is automatic.

    By Blogger Ray, at Sun Oct 09, 07:25:00 PM 2005  

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