A few weeks before he flew out to Anaheim, CA, for Solid-Works World 2010, Anthony Graves, marketing director of HSMWorks, was mulling over a crazy idea. He wanted to find out how long it would take to generate tool paths for a part that was the size of the city of Anaheim-roughly 50 sq. mi.rnNo manufacturer would ever need to process computer numeric controlled (CNC) tool paths for such a part. No machine would be large enough for the job, for that matter. On a single computer-even the most powerful workstation you could find-the operation would take days, if not weeks. But, Graves wondered, what if you could assemble a computing cluster out of 50 workstations-say, from the University of San Diego?
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机译：HSMWorks市场总监Anthony Graves在他飞往加利福尼亚州阿纳海姆参加SolidWorks World 2010的几周前，正在考虑一个疯狂的想法。他想找出为阿纳海姆市大小（约50平方英里）的零件生成刀具路径需要花费多长时间，因此没有制造商需要为此处理计算机数控（CNC）刀具路径。一部分。就此而言，没有任何一台机器足够大。在单台计算机上，甚至可以找到功能最强大的工作站，该操作将需要数天甚至数周。但是，格雷夫斯（Graves）想知道，如果您能从圣地亚哥大学（University of San Diego）组装出50个工作站组成的计算集群呢？
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