Yes.. And there's been a bunch of "value clusters" over the years (StoneSouperComputer, for instance)..
But that's still $3k. I could see putting together 8 nodes for a few hundred dollars. Arduino Uno R3 is about $25 each in quantity. Think in terms of a small class where you want to have, say, 10 mini-clusters, one per student. No sharing, etc. -----Original Message----- From: Alex Chekholko [mailto:alex.chekho...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:12 AM To: Lux, Jim (337C) Cc: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] A cluster of Arduinos The LittleFe cluster is designed specifically for teaching and demonstration. Current cost is ~$3k. But it's all standard x86 and runs Linux and even has GPUs. http://littlefe.net/ I saw them build a bunch of them at SC11. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Lux, Jim (337C) <james.p....@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > It's a cluster computer architecture demonstration platform. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
