Some Very Disruptive Technologies

by Ken Orr

Last week, a group of computer scientists announced that they have created the world's third-fastest supercomputer from 1,000 Apple PCs for a mere US $3 million. Now, to some folks, that may seem like a lot of money, but when you consider that the fastest computer cost about $150 million and the second-fastest cost $10-$15 million, three big ones is not very expensive.