IBM Building Supercomputing Grids

IBM on Thursday unveiled a service that gives businesses in need of supercomputing power access to clusters of high-powered IBM systems.

IBM's service, part of its eBusiness on Demand push, is designed to make computing power a variable cost for customers, many of whom only need the power at certain points every year. Instead of having to buy and maintain servers when they need the extra power - and then watch them sit idle when the demand is not there - businesses can tap into an IBM supercomputing grid and pay only for the power they use, said David Turek, vice president of supercomputing at IBM.

Businesses can access the Intel- and IBM Power-based grids over the Internet via a VPN, Turek said.

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