[pyar] [OT] 64 Raspberry Pis + Legos = Supercomputer

[claudio canepa]

Copadísimo ! [0]fotos [1] press release
Computer engineers combine 64 Raspberry Pis and a Lego-built framework to
create a DIY supercomputer.

The racking was built using Lego with a design developed by Simon and
James, who has also been testing the Raspberry Pi by programming it using
free computer programming software Python and Scratch over the summer.

The machine, named “Iridis-Pi” after the University’s Iridis supercomputer,
runs off a single 13 Amp mains socket and uses MPI (Message Passing
Interface) to communicate between nodes using Ethernet.

The whole system cost under £2,500 (excluding switches) and has a total of
64 processors and 1Tb of memory (16Gb SD cards for each Raspberry Pi).
Professor Cox uses the free plug-in ‘Python Tools for Visual Studio’ to
develop code for the Raspberry Pi.

Feliz Primavera !

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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-Supercomputer-Legos-Linux,17596.html
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http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/features/raspberry_pi_supercomputer.shtml

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