Re: what could this mean to rc5-72 contest?

On 10/1/2012 12:23, Jeff Lawson wrote:
> That's an interesting project that leverages the current momentum of
> low-cost and low-energy ARM processors.  Eventually it might be a very
> powerful platform when scaled up, but the initial hardware being made
> during that kickstarter is really just a developer board to let people
> start porting and testing their code.
>
> "The current $99 board aren't considered supercomputers by 2012
> standards, but a cluster of 10 Parallella boards would have been
> considered a supercomputer 10 years ago."

i read something the other day about a group at a university that built a raspPi 
cluster with legos... everything is available for others who want to do the same 
and maybe even larger ;)

> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Aaron Kramer<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/09/parallella-99-supercomputer-running.html?m=1

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