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<h2 id="deskside-clusters">Deskside clusters</h2> <p>This is the closest thing to a formal definition of a personal supercomputer as most Computers marketed as personal supercomputers are Deskside clusters like the <a href="/facts/Cray_CX1/rueY9Cd6">Cray CX1</a>. A Deskside cluster is as defined by <a href="https://InsideHPC.com">insideHPC.com</a> “Deskside clusters come in a chassis that you can plug into the wall of your office, and they are designed to sit on the floor next to your desk. The chassis can hold a relatively small number of computers that are on blades, trays, or in enclosures that slide into the chassis and bundle everything together.”<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The Blade or node are equipped with CPU/s and <a href="/facts/Random-access_memory/DuD4bxh6">RAM</a> also it may be equipped with <a href="/facts/Graphics_processing_unit/PTK1RQVp">GPU</a>/s so that it may be used for <a href="/facts/Computer-aided_design/5gSXrmmN">CAD</a> or for computation and the blade may have bays for hard drives built in. </p> <h2 id="applications">Applications</h2> <p>They can be used in medical applications for processing brain and body <a href="/facts/Medical_imaging/pL6JyJEp">scans</a>, resulting in faster diagnosis.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Another application is persistent <a href="/facts/Aerial_surveillance/9ae9ulxs">aerial surveillance</a> where large amounts of video data need to be processed and stored.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Also they are used in <a href="/facts/AI/lJGauQwX">AI</a> for <a href="/facts/Deep_learning/JLuwD3ea">deep learning</a> and <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a>. One more use is in the field of <a href="/facts/Data_analysis/CNtARxLW">data analysis</a> which requires large amounts of computational power. </p> <h2 id="computers-marketed-as-personal-supercomputers">Computers marketed as personal supercomputers</h2> <h3>Deskside clusters</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tyan/MLKbLTy0">Tyan</a>PSC<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cray_CX1/rueY9Cd6">Cray CX1</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/SGI_Octane/vmPm1TgV">SGI Octane</a> III<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>High End Workstations</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nvidia_Tesla_Personal_Supercomputer/WcKMqqxl">Nvidia Tesla Personal Supercomputer</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nvidia_DGX/IernkzmQ">Nvidia DGX</a> Station<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Other computers</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Intel_iPSC/MTlNKVSh">Intel iPSC</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://Nvidia.com">Nvidia.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://InsideHPC.com">insideHPC.com</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Google Trends". Google Trends. Retrieved 2022-03-03. <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=/m/03chy08" target="_blank">https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=/m/03chy08</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Cray Unveils Personal Supercomputer". HPCwire. 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2022-03-03. <a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/2008/09/16/cray_unveils_personal_supercomputer/" target="_blank">https://www.hpcwire.com/2008/09/16/cray_unveils_personal_supercomputer/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Writer, Henry Norr, Chronicle Staff (1999-09-01). "Apple Unveils 'Personal Supercomputer'". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Apple-Unveils-Personal-Supercomputer-2909963.php" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Apple-Unveils-Personal-Supercomputer-2909963.php</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Intro to HPC: what's a cluster?". insideHPC. Retrieved 2022-03-03. <a href="https://insidehpc.com/hpc101/intro-to-hpc-whats-a-cluster/" target="_blank">https://insidehpc.com/hpc101/intro-to-hpc-whats-a-cluster/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Wardrop, Murray (2008-12-05). "World's first personal supercomputer unveiled". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-07-08. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3564435/Worlds-first-personal-supercomputer-unveiled.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3564435/Worlds-first-personal-supercomputer-unveiled.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"PAKCK: Performance and Power Analysis of Key Computational Kernels on CPUs and GPUs", "particularly surveillance and reconnaissance, rely heavily on signal and image processing.", Retrieved on March 3nd 2022. <a href="https://ieee-hpec.org/2013/index_htm_files/13-PAKCKPower%20Analysis%20of%20Key%20Computational%20Kernels%20on%20CPUs%20and%20GPUs-2883931.pdf" target="_blank">https://ieee-hpec.org/2013/index_htm_files/13-PAKCKPower%20Analysis%20of%20Key%20Computational%20Kernels%20on%20CPUs%20and%20GPUs-2883931.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Tyan, "TYAN ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF QUAD-CORE TYANPSC T-600 SERIES PERSONAL SUPERCOMPUTER", Fremont, CA, March 19th, 2007. Date of archive March 28th, 2007. Retrieved on March 2nd 2022. <a href="/wiki/Tyan" target="_blank">/wiki/Tyan</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>J. Flatley, "SGI announces Octane III personal supercomputer", Engadget, San Francisco, September 22nd, 2009. Retrieved on March 2nd 2022. <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2009-09-22-sgi-announces-octane-iii-personal-supercomputer.html" target="_blank">https://www.engadget.com/2009-09-22-sgi-announces-octane-iii-personal-supercomputer.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"NVIDIA DGX Station". www.altair.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03. <a href="https://www.altair.com/nvidia-dgx-station/" target="_blank">https://www.altair.com/nvidia-dgx-station/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>