Hive Computing (confusingly unrelated to the British Gas-owned smartmeter company) is combining the unused power of smartmeters to create a supercomputer platform, used for any processor intensive tasks such optimizing the grid, or even analyzing an individual's genome. Orrantia is quick to qualify that the Hive solution cannot be directly compared with a centralized supercomputer in the traditional sense. The company has already announced plans to build its own supercomputer, which will be called the Hive4Hive, and it hopes that by using this new platform they can improve upon existing systems in
Hive Computing (confusingly unrelated to the British Gas-owned smartmeter company) is combining the unused power of smartmeters to create a supercomputer platform, used for any processor intensive tasks such optimizing the grid, or even analyzing an individual's genome. The company has already announced plans to build its own supercomputer, which will be called the Hive4Hive, and it hopes that by using this new platform they can improve upon existing systems in