pool CPU power via LAN?

External Since: Dec 18, 2003 Posts: 34

Are there any software to pool the computers on a LAN (currently all running
winXP) to make one faster computer for CPU intensive tasks (e.g. video
compression)? It should speed up apps without requiring special
re-compilation, perhaps by emulating multi-processors.

External Since: Dec 29, 2007 Posts: 732

"peter" <nospam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote:

>Are there any software to pool the computers on a LAN (currently all running
>winXP) to make one faster computer for CPU intensive tasks (e.g. video
>compression)? It should speed up apps without requiring special
>re-compilation, perhaps by emulating multi-processors.
>

Not readily no. Similar techniques are used by shared computing
applications such as SETI and Folding@home but I know of no way to do
this for general computing.

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