Yeah exactly, my first thought is that a normal multicore PC is going to be not just more powerful, but more power efficient and cost efficient. It's a fun ide

Yeah exactly, my first thought is that a normal multicore PC is going to be not just more powerful, but more power efficient and cost efficient. It's a fun idea but I wouldn't be interested unless they publish some comparisons. Basically everything here can be done on a single multicore computer (which is already a distributed system in many respects): https://turingpi.com/12-amazing-raspberry-pi-cluster-use-cases/ https://turingpi.com/12-amazing-raspberry-pi-cluster-use-cas...