Computing power on tap.
Part of a special section on technology. Ambitious efforts are underway to combine millions of computers around the world to make processing power available on demand anywhere. Computer engineers and scientists are aiming to create what they call the Grid, which is in effect, a set of software too...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 359; pp. 16 - 21 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
June 23 2001
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