On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 03:28:52PM -0700, Tom Glover wrote: > I'm writing to draw fellow Debian ARM users' attention to the > Parallella project currently on Kickstarter. Link: > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone > > The project's founders are seeking funding for an arm-based > development board based around their 16/64 core multicore Epiphany > processor. > > Apart from the Epiphany processor, the specs are comparable with other > arm-based dev-boards (Pandaboard etc.): > > * Dual-core ARM A9 CPU > * Epiphany Multicore Accelerator (16 or 64 cores) > * 1GB RAM > * MicroSD Card > * USB 2.0 (two) > * Two general purpose expansion connectors > * Ethernet 10/100/1000 > * HDMI connection > * Ships with Ubuntu OS > * Ships with free open source Epiphany development tools that > include C compiler, multicore debugger, Eclipse IDE, OpenCL > SDK/compiler, and run time libraries. > * Dimensions are 3.4'' x 2.1'' > > The project is especially interesting from a free software point of > view: > > * Open Access: Absolutely no NDAs or special access needed! All > architecture and SDK documents will be published on the web as > soon as the Kickstarter project is funded. > * Open Source: The Parallella platform will be based on free open > source development tools and libraries. All board design files > will be provided as open source once the Parallella boards are > released. > * Affordability: Hardware costs and SDK costs have always been a > huge barrier to entry for developers looking to develop high > performance applications. Our goal is to bring the Parallella > high performance computer cost below $100, making it an > affordable platform for all. > > On most extant ARM-based SoCs/dev.boards, the coprocessor (i.e. GPU) > is encumbered by NDAs, closed source drivers, binary firmware, > undocumented instruction sets, etc. > > Originally, the plan was to release documentation when the project > reached its funding goal; however, they decided to release the > documentation early, in order to generate more interest, see > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone/posts/323691 > > The project is currently struggling to meet its funding goals; I would > encourage everyone interested in advancing the cause of free software > on ARM platforms to back Parallella, and to pass on the word to others. > > Disclosure: I'm backing the project but am not otherwise affiliated > with its founders.
I was just about to pledge (actually thinking for two boards) and then noticed it has no SATA. Oh well I don't want one at all then. I know how slow and inefficient microSD is for storage. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
