A cluster of M4 Mac minis – Image credit: Alex Ziskind/YouTube
While most people think of having a more powerful computer means buying a single expensive device, there are other ways to perform large amounts of number crunching. In one concept that has been around for decades, you could use multiple computers to handle processing on a project.
The concept of cluster computing revolves around a task with lots of calculations being shared between two or more processing units. Working together to complete tasks in parallel, the result is a severe shortening of time to process.
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M4 Mac minis in a computing cluster is incredibly cool, but not hugely effective