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My comment should really be an Ask HN. But is it conceivable to build a CM-5 class computer on FPGA boards ? Any idea how much that would cost if it was possibl
by srean 16y ago
My comment should really be an Ask HN. But is it conceivable to build a CM-5 class computer on FPGA boards ? Any idea how much that would cost if it was possible ?
- thesz 16y agoLate CM-5 was 64-node MIPS connected through hypercube or fat tree. I think you can fit several MIPSes into one high-class FPGA - it looks like 4 would fit nicely into Virtex 5 TXT series, not so sure about more. I think that you will need custom boards for interconnection. So it will be some costly project. Plasma, a simple MIPS-I variant: http://opencores.org/project,plasma http://opencores.org/project,plasma
- srean 16y agoThanks and upvoted for the reply and the link. Did not expect my comment to picked up, given I joined so late in the thread. In terms of raw FLOPS I think one can comfortably top the CM-5 machines with current commodity hardware. But it would have been pretty cool to have a personal CM-5 to play with.