Parallella: A Supercomputer For Everyone
For a $99 pledge you help make the Parallella computer a reality (and get one when produced).
- Dual-core ARM A9 CPU
- Epiphany Multicore Accelerator (16 or 64 cores)
- 1GB RAM
- MicroSD Card
- USB 2.0 (two)
- Two general purpose expansion connectors
- Ethernet 10/100/1000
- HDMI connection
- Ships with Ubuntu OS
- Ships with free open source Epiphany development tools that include C compiler, multicore debugger, Eclipse IDE, OpenCL SDK/compiler, and run time libraries.
- Dimensions are 3.4” x 2.1”
Once completed, the Parallella computer should deliver up to 45 GHz of equivalent CPU performance on a board the size of a credit card while consuming only 5 Watts under typical work loads. Counting GHz, this is more horsepower than a high end server costing thousands of dollars and consuming 400W.
$99 to take a flyer on changing the fabric of supercomputing?
I’ll take that chance. How about you?
PS: Higher pledge amounts carry extra benefits, such as projected delivery of a beta version by December of 2012. ($5,000) Got a hard core geek on your holiday shopping list?
PPS: I first saw this at: Adapteva Launches Crowd-Source Funding for Its Floating Point Accelerator by Michael Feldman (HPC).
So Patrick, did you go for the $5,000 level? 😉
Seriously, it looks like the $199 level gets you the most for your money. 66 cores! Or, at the minimum, 18 cores.
I gotta get me one of these! Much better than the PiRaspberry, and that is a wonderful toy!
Wanna learn parallel programming with me?
Comment by CapnKirk — October 5, 2012 @ 7:34 am
I wish the $5,000 level!
True about the cost/benefit but I am also interested in encouraging the development of a parallel habit of thinking. Not so much this chip, except for the opportunity it represents for broader parallel experience.
+1 to learning parallel programming with you!
Comment by Patrick Durusau — October 9, 2012 @ 6:16 pm