9.28.2012

A $99 supercomputer in the making


Adapteva plans to launch the first affordable parallel computer with a $99 low power 16-core system, running at 13GHz and 26 gigaflops. Based on their Epiphany multi-core architecture, the board would include the following features:

✓ Dual-core ARM A9 CPU
✓ Epiphany Multicore Accelerator (16 or 64 cores)
✓ 1GB RAM
✓ MicroSD Card
✓ 2 x USB 2.0
✓ 2 x expansion connectors
✓ Ethernet 10/100/1000
✓ HDMI connection
✓ Ubuntu
✓ Open source Epiphany development tools

Source: Engadget