#parallac

For those we met at MakerFaire #mfba15, thanks for coming! While we are updating the site with more info, here's some links:

Cray's Chapel language

Contact info: brian@parallac.org
joe@parallac.org

been working on these computers for 1.5yrs! Time to show them at @makerfaire // @cray_inc @nvidia @parallellaboard pic.twitter.com/7HgTJSOKrx

— Brian Guarraci (@eismcc) May 15, 2015

Final @makerfAire computer coming together #parallac /cc @nvidiadeveloper pic.twitter.com/tlAwkcOlH5

— Brian Guarraci (@eismcc) April 5, 2015

#parallac-x1 is nearing completion for @makerfaire. Looks a bit like a @cray_inc CX1 /cc @nvidiadeveloper pic.twitter.com/p7IxXMFCWv

— Brian Guarraci (@eismcc) April 1, 2015

The parallac is a project created to bring several ideas together and also to do something fun in the spirit of classic super computing. It was made practical through the success of the parallella project and the amazing work they have done. The Cray-1 inspired design allows the combining of 8 computers (144 processors) into a relatively small package yielding about 208 GFlops peak (just from the parallella boards) at about 60 Watts.

This site is the home for the documentation of how to build such a system and will be the base for where to get some parallel computing software as it becomes available.

Checkout this blog post for an interview I did with the parallella folks.

The Verge covered the #parallac as well.