Windows for supercomputers by November
News That version also will be able to manage "cycle harvesting" jobs that put otherwise-idle PCs to productive use, he said. Cycle harvesting -- best exemplified by the SETI@Home project to scour radio telescope signals for extraterrestrial...
[March 4, 2005, 8:20]
Shellfish Farm Synchronizes Daily Harvest With Order Data to Avoid Lost Sales
White Papers The company's sales rely on daily phone calls from wholesalers, grocery chains, and restaurants, but harvesting depends on the growing cycles of shellfish and can only take place when low tides make the beds available for harvest.
[February 20, 2008, 0:02]
Microsoft drops Windows cluster bomb
News In future versions, Microsoft plans to incorporate support for the company's .Net programming infrastructure as well as allow for so-called "cycle harvesting" in which clusters can take advantage of the processing power of unused PCs on a network.
[April 6, 2005, 9:00]
