2. QCD Cluster Computers Early systems

• Candycane 32 procs PII, 350 MHz Beowulf style, fast ethernet S. Gottlieb, Indiana State, 1998

• Poor man's supercomputer (PMS) 32 + 64 procs PIII, 450 Mhz custom built, ISA bus based 3-d mesh , MMX in 2000 Z. Fodor, Budapest, 1998-1999

• Alpha-Linux-Cluster Engine (ALiCE) 128 Alpha 21264, 616 Mhz Myrinet crossbar, 2 x 1.28 Gbit general purpose K. Schilling, Wuppertal, 1999