PC CLUSTERS AS A PLATFORM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING: PROMISES AND PITFALLS

摘要

The growing acceptance and maturity of "desktop supercomputers" consisting of clusters of inexpensivernpersonal computers brings unlimited image processing capability within the reach of all. Clusters can berncomposed of whatever miscellaneous computers are available. New units can be added withoutrndiscarding the old, and specialized capabilities residing on only a minority of the computers can bernutilized optimally. However, the technical skills required to configure PC clusters remain an obstacle torntheir widespread adoption. This paper provides an overview of fundamental cluster concepts andrnintroduces a "plug-and-play" cluster implementation designed for use with the Dragon Image ProcessingrnSystem.