1024 core 64bit Parallella board

[ible]

Seems a bit overkill...
https://www.parallella.org/2016/10/05/epiphany-v-a-1024-core-64-bit-risc-processor/

they say power will scale with # of cores relative to their 64 core Parallella board.

but, what would you do with it?

 

[slaeshjag]

but, what would you do with it?

Refresh the forums. On all cores.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Sexy ! I almost bought a Parallella once, but I'm not done with current boards yet...

--Edit : Found this on their blog.
https://www.parallella.org/2016/02/18/200-chip-definitions-everyone-should-know/

 

[mjohansson]

RAYTRACING!!!1 Intel said they could easily do 1000 core CPUs, well Im eagerly waiting for them, the second they come out its time to go back to software rendering games using raytracing! It will be so incredible! Although even 1000 cores may still not be enough for high complexity at high resolution... We will see.

 

[ible]

ooh, sounds fun. well, start at low res and work the way up?

 

[sepulep]

I always wondered if it were possible to make a software defined opensource GPU with these: would solve the binary blob issue...maybe better optimization...

 

[TeDaDeS]

The 16-core was already pretty impressive, I wonder how this will do. If cheap you can build a cluster again, 10 boards will be 10k cluster (not sure what you would use it for yet).
As power-efficient as presented it might still not be low power enough for a mobile device like the Pyra.

 

[levi]

I always wondered if it were possible to make a software defined opensource GPU with these: would solve the binary blob issue...maybe better optimization...

Nice dream, but I'm pretty sure making a GPU out of general purpose CPUs is going to be rather inefficient.

 

[rSl]

so i would use them to watch the watchers!
read, bigger badder asss data to collect 'them' all. nsa, gchq, bnd fear my cores!
problem is, 'they' will have thousands of 'em in the 'secret custom' version.... oh well, time to stop taxpaying!