Adapteva Parallella Supercomputing Boards Start Shipping 98
hypnosec writes "Adapteva has started shipping its $99 Parallella parallel processing single-board supercomputer to initial Kickstarter backers. Parallella is powered by Adapteva's 16-core and 64-core Epiphany multicore processors that are meant for parallel computing unlike other commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices like Raspberry Pi that don't support parallel computing natively. The first model to be shipped has the following specifications: a Zynq-7020 dual-core ARM A9 CPU complemented with Epiphany Multicore Accelerator (16 or 64 cores), 1GB RAM, MicroSD Card, two USB 2.0 ports, optional four expansion connectors, Ethernet, and an HDMI port."
They are also releasing documentation, examples, and an SDK (brief overview, it's Free Software too). And the device runs GNU/Linux for the non-parallel parts (Ubuntu is the suggested distribution).
Do I have to be the first one? (Score:2, Funny)
Very well:
Imagine a Beuowulf Cluster of these!
Here's a thought (Score:5, Funny)
I could buy enough of these to cover the underside of the floor of my house and mine Bitcoins during the winter. Then I get radiant heat and useless fake money (which is probably just NSA's password cracker anyways).