PARALLELLADemocratize access to supercomputing

Submitted by

Ambili Baby,

S5 MCA,

No: 03

ABSTRACT

Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, based on the theory that - divide larger problems into smaller ones, and execute them concurrently. Which will helps to reduce the execution time and to improve the computational efficiency. Making parallel computing easy to use and bring supercomputing to everyone is a problem as hard as any, that computer science has faced. Parallella project is a proposed solution for this problem. The Parallella project was launched on Kickstarter in the fall of 2012 at an entry price point of $99 each, with the goal of “Democratizing Access to supercomputing”. This is offered by joining individual Parallella boards, capable of performing parallel computing tasks together in Ethernet-connected clusters. The Parallella computer platform is an open source, energy efficient, high performance, credit card sized computer, based on the Epiphany multicore chips from Adapteva. This affordable platform is designed for developing and implementing high performance, parallel processing. The Epiphany chips consist of a scalable array of simple RISC processors. The mesh of independent cores is connected together with a fast on chip network within single shared memory architecture. Thus applications developed on Epiphany parallel processor can achieve unprecedented performance at the lowest power in the industry.

REFERENCES

https://www.parallella.org/

http://www.adapteva.com/parallella-board/

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/creating-a-99-parallel-computing-machine-is-just-as-hard-as-it-sounds/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone