Terry Olaes
I Used to be the [H] News Guy
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A group of like-minded hardware modders have started work on what could be the future of your PC: distributed computing at the hardware level. Dubbed the Illuminato X Machina, it has a cellular model that gets stronger as more modules are added. Most interesting.
The group has created a motherboard prototype that uses separate modules, each of which has its own processor, memory and storage. Each square cell in this design serves as a mini-motherboard and network node; the cells can allocate power and decide to accept or reject incoming transmissions and programs independently. Together, they form a networked cluster with significantly greater power than the individual modules.