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Just to put the statement "35 CPU-years of idle computer time donated by Google" into relation: One year is ~8640 hours. This means 302.400 CPU hours. That's no
by ktpsns 8y ago
Just to put the statement "35 CPU-years of idle computer time donated by Google" into relation: One year is ~8640 hours. This means 302.400 CPU hours. That's nothing compared to a single research proposal (we count in multiples of millions of CPU hours). Any explanation of this number?
- _hl_ 8y agoI guess that's just all they needed until they were done?
- ktpsns 8y agoThe worth of a single CPUh on a cluster is roughly 0,1€. That's a 30k€ donation from google. Weird that they put this number at the front. My guess is that they run on a large number of CPU cores. On 1000 cores, it's already 300 million CPUh. Really, to put this into relationship, on many clusters you get 100k CPUh for free when you apply for getting access, just to test your code. That's why 300k CPUh is not much.
- _hl_ 8y agoSo you're saying the donation is insignificant in comparison to other applications? I'd say 30k€ is pretty significant, and it makes sense to thank them by mentioning it right at the front.
- ktpsns 8y agoEvery donation is significant. It's just uncommon in science to mention donations in the first sentence at all. As a reader, this suggests something exceptional. My point is only that this number isn't.