Hi all,
Loved this guy professor Simon Cox - what a bloody boffin - amazing technical knowledge, decided to build a supercomputer using Rasberry Pi's and lego for the casement, marvellous. surely cost a lot less than $1000 [edit] its 32 nodes so probably more like $2500..
Heres how if you fancy making one yourself
from another build i saw, its performance is around 10 gigaflops(..?) the first cray supercomputer was less than 2 in 1985
Last edited by rogster001; 10-05-2013 at 03:51 AM.
Thought for the day:FLTK: "The most fun you can have with your clothes on.""Are you sure your sanity chip is fully screwed in sir?" (Kryten)
Stroustrup:
"If I had thought of it and had some marketing sense every computer and just about any gadget would have had a little 'C++ Inside' sticker on it'"
This proves how technologically relevant lego is.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
A few days ago, it was announced that Cray is installing a 322 petaflop CS300-LC (LC means "liquid cooled) cluster supercomputer at Mississippi State University. A petaflop is a million gigaflop. The cost of that system would be significantly larger than $2500 though. Although it does still demonstrate the applicability of the lego conceptOriginally Posted by rogster001
processing beyond belief - but they probably said that in 1985 too. It is amazing how the perspective changes, the push of the envelope.A petaflop is a million gigaflop
Thought for the day:FLTK: "The most fun you can have with your clothes on.""Are you sure your sanity chip is fully screwed in sir?" (Kryten)
Stroustrup:
"If I had thought of it and had some marketing sense every computer and just about any gadget would have had a little 'C++ Inside' sticker on it'"
Another perspective changer: The modern Intel i7 on many computers processes at around 100 GFLOPS. That's 10x more this raspberry arrangement for a fraction of the price and power usage.
But as it was hinted before, it's a cute concept he got there.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
yes - its hacker really - In the true sense, the extrapolation, i love it. And i did wonder about comparable performance to 'out of the box' we can buy now. But then, it has to be better making something yourself even close to that.. resourcefully
Last edited by rogster001; 10-05-2013 at 02:34 PM.
Thought for the day:FLTK: "The most fun you can have with your clothes on.""Are you sure your sanity chip is fully screwed in sir?" (Kryten)
Stroustrup:
"If I had thought of it and had some marketing sense every computer and just about any gadget would have had a little 'C++ Inside' sticker on it'"
