A system and method for connecting computer workstations in clusters to perform parallel-distributed processing with respect to compute-intensive applications are provided. Commodity computers/workstations and commodity network hardware are arranged to form unique-architecture building blocks (clusters)...http://www.google.com/patents/US5944779?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5944779 - Cluster of workstations for solving compute-intensive applications by exchanging interim computation results using a two phase communication protocol
