Parallella, a $99 Linux Supercomputer
I'm really disappointed about how shallow the discussions about Adapteva are, and have been, on HN.To remind everyone, the H = hacker. This device is a godsend, as far as I'm concerned. For the first time ever I get fully documented access to compute array on chip. No the architecture wasn't designed for anything specific, like graphics, but that means I don't get bogged down in details I don't care about, like some obscure memory hierarchy.The chip is plain, simple, low-power, and begging for people to have an imagination again. Stop asking what existing things you can do with it, ask what future things having something like this on a SoC would enable.Also, you should really be thinking about the chip at the instruction level, writing toy DSL to asm compilers. Thinking along the lines of, oh yeah I'll use OpenCL so I can be hardware agnostic, is never going to allow you to see what can be possible with it. If you read the docs you'll see what a simple and regular design it is, perfect for writing your own simple tooling.It's been a long time, but I feel like a kid again. Like when I first discovered assembly on my 8086. Finally a simple device I can tinker with, play, and wring performance out of.Hallelujah! :)