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Parallella: The $99 Linux supercomputer
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| 15 April 2013
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Posted on 04/16/2013 10:50:04 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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04/16/2013 10:50:04 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; stylin_geek; ...
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posted on
04/16/2013 10:50:30 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
And to us know-nothings, what does this mean ??
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posted on
04/16/2013 10:53:04 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: ShadowAce
Parallel computing isn’t of much use to most ordinary folks. It’s great if you want so simulate a nuclear explosion or predict the weather 10 days from now or do finite element analysis of a new airplane wing design.
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
I believe you’re wrong. With the advent of multi-core systems, GPUs and the software to take advantage of them (games, video editing, etc), parallel computing is here.
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:00:15 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Anyone using C# “await()” functionality yet?
This is really cool...!
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:00:51 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Might be fun to run Folding@Home on this little guy....
To: knarf
To me it means things are interesting again and I’ll start playing around in the 1’s & 0’s world again
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:19:22 AM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:21:09 AM PDT
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Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Obama is the Chicken Little of politics)
To: knarf
Faster and cheaper computers. Without Windoze to slow it down.
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:21:39 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
To: ShadowAce
thxs, for the post.
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:22:04 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
or do finite element analysis of a new airplane wing design.Imagine Soldworks, (CAD) a Fast FEA ( Cosmo's is it still around?) and Virtual Gibbs CAM on a very cheap and fast box....
An inventor's or arm chair aero-engineers dream...
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:29:11 AM PDT
by
taildragger
(( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
To: Blood of Tyrants
In a world without walls, who needs windows?
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:29:23 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Can I predict global warming with this rig?
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:30:26 AM PDT
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dennisw
(too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
It would be nice to run molecular binding energy computations in minutes instead of days.
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04/16/2013 11:31:02 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: knarf
And to us know-nothings, what does this mean ??Very fast Solitaire!
Mark
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:36:19 AM PDT
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MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: ShadowAce
Thats an impressive piece of hardware for $99. I dig those Zynqs. They have some shortcomings, but they’re nice devices overall. It’s always nice to see an FPGA related post here on FR :)!
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04/16/2013 11:39:41 AM PDT
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edh
(I need a better tagline)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
It’s useful anywhere where you have a large number of generally independent calculations going on at the same time. Graphics (including image/video processing and editing) should really eat this up.
Or in geek speak, it turns O(n) calculations into O(1) calculations.
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:46:46 AM PDT
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kevkrom
(If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
To: FReepers
Tired Of FReepathons That Last Longer Than A Month?
We Are Too
Donate and End It In April
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:50:21 AM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: ShadowAce
We’ve all had heavy duty parallel processing power in our PC’s for quite a while... they’re called GPU’s. Video processing does not require tons of speed, just lots of throughput - which is the perfect problem for parallel processing to solve. Modern GPUs have application programming interfaces which can be harnessed for parallel processing needs and for certain types of work a gaming class GPU can crunch numbers much more quickly than a x64 processor.
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posted on
04/16/2013 11:51:04 AM PDT
by
Sparticus
(Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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