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Saving web searches: 144 MIPS x 256 processors = 36864 raw MIPS, or about twice as fast as an Xbox 360, or fast as up to mid-90s supercomputer, if we utterly co
by numpad0 3y ago
Saving web searches: 144 MIPS x 256 processors = 36864 raw MIPS, or about twice as fast as an Xbox 360, or fast as up to mid-90s supercomputer, if we utterly completely ignore obvious node interconnect problem.
- brucehoult 3y agoThere are useful things that don't need a lot of interconnect speed. For example all of those XYZ@home projects (SETI, primes ...), or finding the hash for bitcoin blocks. Those just need aggregate speed and low energy use per computation. This particular CPU might or might not have instructions needed to make those particular computations efficient, of course.
- jononor 3y agoHow many of them can be done with 2 kB RAM per node? ;) I like this project. It is not very useful - but it does not need to be, nor does it try :D
- dathinab 3y agothis things still need "enough" per-node performance, which potentially involve multiple cores with fast interconnects and definitely involves having enough RAM and cache etc. also while the latency for @home projects are higher the bandwidth of your internet upload/download might be faster then what that cluster has effectively (due to the shared bus) through this doesn't mean anything in the end the project wasn't about creating a faster DIY special purpose compute system at home or anything like that it's about a cool challenging and inspiring tech hobby project