- Title
- Clustering obsolete computers to reduce e-waste
- Creator
- Lynar, Timothy M.; Simon; Herbert, Ric D.; Chivers, William J.
- Relation
- International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 1-10
- Relation
- http://www.igi-global.com/article/clustering-obsolete-computers-reduce-waste/38992
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Personal computers contribute significantly to the growing problem of electronic waste. Every computer, when finished with, must be stored, dumped, recycled, or somehow re-used. Most are dumped, at a huge cost to health and the environment, as their owners succumb to the desire to keep up with the ever-increasing power of new computers. Supercomputers and computer clusters provide more power than ordinary desktop and laptop computers, but they too are subject to rapid obsolescence. The authors have built a cluster of obsolete computers and have found that it easily outperforms a fairly standard new desktop computer. They explore how this approach can help to mitigate e-waste, and discuss the advantages and limitations of using such a system.
- Subject
- cluster computing; e-waste; obselete computers; recycling; WEEE
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931874
- Identifier
- uon:11192
- Identifier
- ISSN:1941-868X
- Language
- eng
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