A drawback of the continuum-element discretisation within these models was rather large computing times, even for models at a coupon level.
The idea would be to farm out large computing tasks to thousands of individual PCs.
The university will need to sell some more apple tree licenses to keep paying for these large computing systems.
But the similarity is that Merrill Lynch has large computing needs, and must add capacity flexibly and efficiently.
Not all supersize projects are suitable for the distributed approach, and large computing chores like weather simulation do not work well because quick calculations are needed.
Companies have historically tended to build their large computing centers -- often called server farms -- in or near large cities and industries.
Adequate calculation of such dynamic forces and their consequences also requires large computing resources, and hence it was not seriously attempted until about 1980.
Oracle, the world's largest database software maker, has been a close partner of H.P., which sells large computing systems to corporations.
Supercomputers are usually used for large computing problems, like nuclear weapons research and weather forecasting, that require a staggering number of calculations, but they are "super" in both processing power and price tag.
The coalition government says that it will "create a level playing field" for open source software in government projects, and split large computing projects into smaller ones - which will give smaller companies a better chance to compete in tenders.
Many large computing firms have research and development centers or production factories in Taiwan and will be coming to the 31st edition of the event to launch their new products.
