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$99 Raspberry Pi-sized “supercomputer” touted in Kickstarter project

$99 Raspberry Pi-sized “supercomputer” touted in Kickstarter project

 (ARSTECHNICA): Raspberry Pi-sized board called Parallella puts supercomputing power into a $99 package. Chipmaker Adapteva wants to make parallel computing...

Adapteva uses crowdfunding to raise money for a $99 supercomputing platform

Adapteva uses crowdfunding to raise money for a $99 supercomputing platform

(VENTUREBEAT):  Adapteva is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter so that it can create a $99 supercomputer for the masses....

Ten Challenges that Will Shape the Future of Computing

Ten Challenges that Will Shape the Future of Computing

Introduction There is no doubt that the present and future of computing is parallel. This article looks at some of...

Adapteva’s Epiphany Floating Point Processor Core: A Leading-Edge Lithography May Finally Open Doors

Adapteva’s Epiphany Floating Point Processor Core: A Leading-Edge Lithography May Finally Open Doors

(BDTI): Cost- and power consumption-sensitive digital signal processing applications tend to leverage fixed point processors, for a common fundamental reason:...

Adapteva and Globalfoundries Begin to Sample 64-Core 28nm Microprocessor.

Adapteva and Globalfoundries Begin to Sample 64-Core 28nm Microprocessor.

(XBIT LABS): Adapteva, a privately-held semiconductor technology start up, has announced that it is sampling the fourth generation of its...

An OpenCL Matrix Multiplication Recipe for Epiphany

An OpenCL Matrix Multiplication Recipe for Epiphany

Abstract: The examples shows how to use OpenCL to implement an efficient matrix multiplication routine on the Epiphany architecture. To...

Enabling Innovation on Leading Edge Technology

Enabling Innovation on Leading Edge Technology

(GLOBALFOUNDRIES): It’s always great to see a customer celebrate their product success, especially when it’s developed based on a GLOBALFOUNDRIES...

Processors that can do 20 GFLOPS/Watt

Processors that can do 20 GFLOPS/Watt

(STREAM COMPUTING):For yearly power-usage there is a rule-of-thumb which states that a device that is continuously on, costs the amount...

Adapteva demoed multicore Epiphany IV chip with world best energy efficiency

Adapteva demoed multicore Epiphany IV chip with world best energy efficiency

(GPU SCIENCE): Adapteva, a privately-held semiconductor technology start up, recently announced that it is sampling the fourth generation of its...

Adapteva Samples 64-Core Epiphany IV Chip

Adapteva Samples 64-Core Epiphany IV Chip

(TOMSITPRO): Chip designer Adapteva announced that it has begun sampling its Epiphany IV processor with 64 cores. The chip is...