Task: Run the High Performance Linpack Benchmark as fast and as efficiently as possible. (Problem size TBD)
Platform: Four-board Parallella (16+2) mini cluster
Reference Code: http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/
Geographic Region: Worldwide
Category: University Level
Meetup: SC13
When I first saw this posting title, I thought there was a challenge I could participate in, but obviously I was a little bit off. However, this got me thinking that my parallel computing knowledge, although it does exist, is quite small for a competition, and it would be great if there were some resources on this site that could get me prepared to take full advantage of the Parallela supercomputer. Perhaps the ‘Parallel Code’ heading on this site will have some helpful information (examples?). The ones that interest me in particular are the ones that I have limited knowledge with: MPI, OpenMP, Scala and Pthreads. What I would be extremely interested in is an online class (perhaps hosted on Coursera?) that will augment my parallel computing knowledge. Thanks for reading!
Hello,
I missed out on being able to make a pledge via kickstarter, is there anyway to pre-order a board?
Thank You,
-ravi
Yes! I’m in Korea and i believe you will success all the projects. Good Luck!
When will this be available to purchase?
kind regards
@Ethan, all great ideas, thanks! We’ll certainly be looking to host educational materials on the site and I’d encourage you to get involved via the forums if you have any further thoughts.
@Ravi, I’m afraid not at present, but once there is a way for those who missed out on Kickstarter to order boards we’ll make an announcement on the blog and Twitter etc.
@Aaron, we’re not able to give a date yet for post-Kickstarter orders.