Mobile based payment model for HPC clouds

Abstract

Use of High Performance Computing (HPC) for modelling and simulation in the areas of engineering, geophysics, biotechnology etc. is not new. However, there has been a growing demand for HPC over the past few years in other non — conventional areas like architecture, graphics design and even gaming. The prohibitive cost of HPC resources, which are considered to be the costliest in the world of computing, forces many not to use them. Especially in countries like India, where implementing an HPC infrastructure has many challenges, many genuine requirements are compromised. Currently only a handful number of organizations both in government and private enterprise can afford to establish HPC facilities of their own. So the biggest question, in the field of computing is that “Is HPC a dream for a common person's use?” Cloud computing, the future generation computing, could be one solution to realize such dreams. It is a very new concept in the field of computing characterized by three main entities — Software as a service, Platform as a service and Infrastructure as a service. However, it can be a true success if it can be made cost effective, easy to use and hassle free. In this paper we propose a payment model equivalent to prepaid cellular phone payment for HPC as a cloud services for common people.