Professor Hank Dietz, James F. Hardymon Chair in Networking
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
University of Kentucky
Lexington Open Source Conference
Lexington, Kentucky
February 5, 2004
The "American System" of manufacturing devised by Eli Whitney two hundred years ago centers on the concept of cheaply manufacturing parts that can be interchangeably assembled. This idea is at the core of mass production, mass customization, and most modern manufacturing practices.
It is only in the past decade, with the commoditization of the PC, that construction of computer hardware has fully realized the benefits of standardized interfaces to interchangeable components. This talk overviews how our research group uses interchangeable PC hardware parts to build supercomputers (e.g., KLAT2 and KASY0) with award-winning price/performance... and how we use the open source development process to define the interchangeable parts that form the software for those systems.
If you have any questions or comments, contact:
Professor Hank Dietz, James F. Hardymon Chair in Networking College of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 453 Anderson Tower (Office 469 Anderson Tower, Labs 672, 695, and 577 Anderson Tower) Lexington, KY 40506-0046 Office Phone: (859) 257 4701 Fax : (859) 257 3092 Email: hankd@engr.uky.edu Home URL: http://aggregate.org/hankd/
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