Honey, I shrunk the cluster!: parallel computing and Monte Carlo simulations on iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads

  • Authors:

  • Michael P. Rogers

  • Affiliations:

  • Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

One of the more intriguing new frameworks in the iPhone 3 Software Developers Kit (SDK) is GameKit, designed to support multiplayer gaming on the iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad family of devices. With surprisingly little effort, it is possible to adapt GameKit to set up a cluster of devices to perform parallel computing. This paper outlines what is required, and how this might be used in an intriguing Monte Carlo simulation.