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Baraka: the reason they managed to become leader, is because of the fact that they opened up a huge and gigantic market in the home-user.
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” – Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
His opinion was based upon the huge computers as they were then. And frankly, if you adjust the number somewhat, those types of clusters still don't have a big market.
Who in their right mind would set up a center with such an incredible need for power as what they are suggesting here? It would take years and years to pay off, with rising energy costs as they are, you might not ever break even.
And all this for just ONE application?
This is not a question of possibility or theoretical feasibility, but more a question of WHY would you do this?
A game does not have an endless lifespan. And the next game will require more performant processors, more GPU power and more datatraffic, making your hardware only minimally suited for 'recycling'.
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