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📣 boh_grey

Thought experiment – Most compact supercomputer?


What's the most compact supercomputer you could build that could make it onto the TOP500 list?

I'm interested in all the different ways you could assemble existing COTS hardware to build a HPC cluster but optimize the design for compactness or cost.

SO, what's the best machine to build as a DIY'er that could make it onto the list? What choices would you make?

  👤 detaro Accepted Answer ✓
I don't think "real" supercomputers intentionally waste space, so I'd expect that there is not much potential for shrinking using COTS parts. (i.e. more COTS-like supercomputers are racks full of compact servers, sometimes stuffed with GPUs, sometimes more towards as many CPU sockets as possible)