Computon
{{short description|Combined unit of computing power}}
{{Distinguish|Computron (disambiguation){{!}}Computron}}
A computon is a combined unit of computing power, including processor cycles, memory, disk storage and bandwidth, proposed in 2005 by researchers at Hewlett-Packard, with the word being a cross between "computation" and "photon", the name for a packet of electromagnetic energy. HP hoped that the computon would become the computing industry's equivalent to public utility's watt-hour.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
See also
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061101042224/http://hpl.hp.com/research/idl/people/huberman/tycoon.pdf Who wants to buy a computon?], The Economist, 12 March 2005 Grid computing: Electricity is sold by the kilowatt-hour. Now a researcher has proposed that computing power should be sold by the computon
- {{cite web |url=http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/itspending/story/0,10801,81522,00.html |title=HP takes new pricing path for utility-based computing - It plans to measure on-demand IT services with a 'computon' metric |first=Thomas |last=Hoffman |date=May 26, 2003 |website=Computerworld |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624090635/http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/itspending/story/0,10801,81522,00.html |archive-date=24 June 2003 |url-status=dead}}
External links
- [http://news.cnet.com/Sun-expands-utility-pricing-technique/2100-7339_3-5099815.html Sun Power Units]