Beowulf class computer system is a type of parallel or distributed system, which consists of interconnected commodity-of-the shelf (COTS) personal computers working together as a single integrated computing resource. A certain computational task could be divided among the computers that can result to faster execution of the task. At MSU-IIT, a three-node Beowulf system was built. Each node has two 350-MHz Pentium 11 processors. Initial computations show that the system is five to six times faster compared to a single processor PC. Since a Beowulf computer system is expandable, installing additional nodes to the existing system increases its computational power.
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| Type of Material | Unpublished |
| Research Publication Address | In The Proceedings of 1999 International Collaboration Meeting on Asian Science. Comp. Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Extension |
| Year Published | 1995 |
| Author | DAHILI, Allen S., 1995. |
| Research Location | Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City MSU-IIT, Iligan City |