Saturday, 3 August 2013
Overview :
Parallella is a computing platform made using the parallel computer architecture.Parallella is going to change the way that computers are made. Basically, an energy-efficient computer built for processing complex software simultaneously and effectively. Real-time object tracking, holographic heads-up display, speech recognition will become even stronger and smarter with Parallella. The project has been successfully funded so far, with an estimated delivery date of February 2013. It’s not recommended for the non-programmer and non-Linux user, but the kit is loaded with development software to create your personal project.
Project Goals:
Making parallel computing easy to use has been described as "a problem
as hard as any that computer science has faced". With such a big
challenge ahead, we need to make sure that every programmer has access
to cheap and open parallel hardware and development tools. Inspired by
great hardware communities like
Raspberry Pi and Arduino, we see a critical need for a truly open,
high-performance
computing platform that will close the knowledge gap in parallel
programing. The goal of the Parallella
project is to democratize access to parallel computing. If we can pull
this off, who knows what kind of breakthrough applications could arise?
Maybe some of them will even change the world in some small but
positive way.
Features:
3.4″ x 2.15″ form factor
HDMI port
4 general purpose expansion connectors
MicroSD Card
16 or 64-core Epiphany Multicore Accelerator
Zynq-7000 Series Dual-core ARM A9 CPU (Z-7010 or Z-7020)
Ships with Ubuntu OS
10/100/1000 Ethernet
2x USB 2.0
1GB RAM
Price:
The price seems really promising since it’s magically $99.
