Hi,
I need a supercomputing module "base board + 8 compute module" with preferably 64 bit CPU.
It is like
8 times https://www.adafruit.com/products/2231
+
base board https://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CM+IO-small.jpeg
I have found a SODIMM compute module
http://shop.in-circuit.de/product_info.php?products_id=128
where they say it is "100% software-compatible to Cubieboard, Olimexino etc"
But i dont know how, cant see a sodimm module.
So is there any possibility to see/create 8 or 4 compute modules on a base board with SODIMM interface and that every compute module has it s own IP address. I really appreciate any comments on this one.
Much more preferably i would need more than 1 base board, like a cluster of boards.
Thanks
Are you buying at least 500?
Why not buy one of the ones you mentioned?
John
TL;DR: 1 compute module per 1 base board does not make any sense(too costly) + there is no gigabit ethernet connection to compute module.
Baseboards have slots for only one compute module. It makes only sense if compute module gets broken and if you wanted to replace. What i have in mind is a base board just for only to hold sodimm modules and provide ethernet jack+ power.
so one can use it for supercomputing purposes. No need to HDMI, VGA, etc which are cost factors. I am pretty sure there are tons of professors who would be interested in this kind of opensource supercomputing platform. I can give you lots of examples if you want.
Can i buy 500 pieces, I wish i could but i cant, at least now. I would probably buy 10 pieces. If you need help i might help you to get going in european markets. I dont know talking, emailing and so on.
I forgot one important thing. It should be "Gigabit Ethernet" connection. My project is about reducing time to process. Every seconds count.
If you know any possible alternative, i would like to hear it but i could not see this anywhere. There is a cubietruck one can use but it is not open source i guess and i dont need lots of components like VGA,HDMI etc. It s just about computing, running a small linux , getting and sending data over Gigabit Ethernet. If i could i would do like you do and even open source it asap.
there are few other issues but i would like to tell it later when the subject matter is taken seriously.
Forgot one another thing: letting uboot boot over ethernet would let you spare SD card. That would be more awesome.
Thanks for the reply.
PS> just to show what i mean. A mainboard which hosts lots of compute modules so the issue scalability would be resolved.
http://www.alteraboards.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/03/terabox-HR3.jpg
By using baseboard just for power+ ethernet and using sodimm would probably let you change the compute module architecture later. like upgrading compute module.
Sounds like the market is too small for Olimex.
John
Something like this with more power would be nice.
VoCore + Dock
http://vocore.io/store/index
+open source, ethernet, runs linux, wifi, as small as 2 euro coin.
-360Mhz
-32MB memory
-not Giga Ethernet
20$ core
40$ with dock (ethernet)
Thanks for the consideration.
Quote from: compute on April 03, 2016, 08:42:21 PM
Hi,
I need a supercomputing module "base board + 8 compute module" with preferably 64 bit CPU.
For what purpose do you need it? For home HPC? Or MPI testlab? Why Ethernet? How many TFlops?