Parallella: A super computer for everyone

[an4rch1]

I think this might interest computer hobbyist or any fan of free-opened source @ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone]

"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."

Computing PlatformTo make parallel computing ubiquitous, developers need access to a platform that is affordable, open, and easy to use. The goal of the Parallella project is to provide such a platform! The Parallella platform will be built on the following principles: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.

The Parallella platform is based on the Epiphany multicore chips developed by Adapteva over the last 4 years and field tested since May 2011. The Epiphany chips consists of a scalable array of simple RISC processors programmable in C/C++ connected together with a fast on chip network within a single shared memory architecture." .

just though I'd help out a friend who pledged at least $500 and because if the project won't charge anyone if it doesn't reach it's goal, then his $500 would be for nothing ....

[Zesh]

Great idea and thanks for the link but WTF is with the big, different coloured text? Really?

[an4rch1]

Sorry, that had to do with when I copied and pasted part of site in the OP .... I apologize ... :/

[Kulverstukas]

Sorry, that had to do with when I copied and pasted part of site in the OP .... I apologize ... :/

And it didn't occur to you that you might need to fix your shitty post and save the staff the work?? Apology denied. Not knowing does not give you the right to lower the quality of this community.

[an4rch1]

Well I'll admit that I did it get to where it wasn't showing the formatting tags and I should had copied and pasted it in Gedit first before I posted it on here ....  I'm not used to a forums WYSIWYG post editor automatically parsing the format coding before you post it, a lot of forum sites just ignore the format of other sites but I'm having trouble with this sites WYSIWYG editor ....


I'll remember that the next time that I'm posting text from another site, to paste it first in a text editor to get rid of hidden formating codes .... :/ 

[Uriah]

Thanks for posting this sounds great!
+1

[an4rch1]

Currently @ $726,263 out of $750,000 and only less then 24 hours to go   ...


I'd just like to note that there will be rewards for any amount you pledge/donate to the project so you will get something in return even for your $1 donations


I noticed that it went up nearly $200,000 since yesterday when I started promoting/spamming it everywhere and in my blog's

[lifecabal]

And finally it had reach its goal.