Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931874
- Title
- Clustering obsolete computers to reduce e-waste
- Author/Creator
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Lynar, Timothy M.;
Simon;
Herbert, Ric D.;
Chivers, William J.
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Design Communication and Information Technology
- 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.
- 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
- Date
- 2010
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Keyword(s)
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cluster computing;
e-waste;
obselete computers;
recycling;
WEEE
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931874
- Identifier
- ISSN:1941-868X
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