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Title: $99 super computer
Post by: hardware geek on September 29, 2012, 07:00:45 PM
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/99-raspberry-pi-sized-supercomputer-touted-in-kickstarter-project/
It sounds risc base. If os4 supported multi processors and this board would be a chance to get back in the game.
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: amiman99 on September 29, 2012, 07:52:18 PM
If you think about it for a second, is not that fast. The Core i7-980 @4.5GHz get around 95 GFLOPs compared to Adapteva 16-core at 26 gigaflops. *(even PS3 can do 150GFLOPS, and it has PPC CPU)

I know the price is cheaper but not a breakthrough.
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: mongo on September 29, 2012, 08:05:50 PM
Quote from: hardware geek;709787
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/99-raspberry-pi-sized-supercomputer-touted-in-kickstarter-project/
It sounds risc base. If os4 supported multi processors and this board would be a chance to get back in the game.


What game?
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: mongo on September 29, 2012, 08:11:57 PM
Quote from: amiman99;709794
If you think about it for a second, is not that fast. The Core i7-980 @4.5GHz get around 95 GFLOPs compared to Adapteva 16-core at 26 gigaflops. *(even PS3 can do 150GFLOPS, and it has PPC CPU)

I know the price is cheaper but not a breakthrough.


My 4 year old $50 video card does about 500 GFLOPS.

The chip from Adapteva seems to be designed for low power consumption. The performance of the chip may not seem so impressive, but the performance per watt is very good.
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: persia on September 29, 2012, 11:32:14 PM
Quote from: mongo;709798
What game?


Doom.
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: Iggy on September 29, 2012, 11:38:01 PM
Quote from: persia;709815
Doom.

:lol: Cuurrse!
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: Einstein on September 29, 2012, 11:38:32 PM
Quote from: hardware geek;709787
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/99-raspberry-pi-sized-supercomputer-touted-in-kickstarter-project/
It sounds risc base. If os4 supported multi processors and this board would be a chance to get back in the game.


That would be a single player game ;)
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: Iggy on September 29, 2012, 11:40:18 PM
Quote from: Einstein;709819
That would be a single player game ;)

Well if you can't play well with others, you've got to play with yourself.:whack:
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: psxphill on September 30, 2012, 12:05:50 AM
Quote from: mongo;709799
My 4 year old $50 video card does about 500 GFLOPS.

Translating high gflops gpu's into something useful for general purpose computing isn't always easy or indeed possible.
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: Iggy on September 30, 2012, 12:39:21 AM
Actually, the offer of a dual core A9 based board for $99 is pretty cool (depending on speed).
So the Epiphany processor is kind of secondary.
 
Edit - Then again I just found this:
 
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G133999328931
 
!.4GHz Quad Core Cortex A9 board for $129 shipped worldwide.
Title: Re: $99 super computer
Post by: commodorejohn on September 30, 2012, 01:22:29 AM
Quote from: psxphill;709822
Translating high gflops gpu's into something useful for general purpose computing isn't always easy or indeed possible.
Lies, damn lies, and benchmarks... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damn_lies,_and_statistics)