This is a process whereby the motherboards of retired smartphones are extracted, collected into clusters, and redeployed
the university plans to deploy a datacenter built from 2,000 Pixel smartphones
Is a bit more than installing postmarketOS on some older hardware
it would be great if manufacturers+google opened this up to everyone
absolutely, one of my biggest wishes is that AI inference could be split up and done on home computers, similar to Folding@Home, with points and maybe even $ given to those who participate
We’ve never had more computing power in our hands but it feels like so much of it just sits idle now
“We installed postmarketOS on some older hardware, look, we are saving the planet!”
I am being facetious of course, but it would be great if manufacturers+google opened this up to everyone.
Is a bit more than installing postmarketOS on some older hardware
absolutely, one of my biggest wishes is that AI inference could be split up and done on home computers, similar to Folding@Home, with points and maybe even $ given to those who participate
We’ve never had more computing power in our hands but it feels like so much of it just sits idle now