Al Williams

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DIY Cray Supercomputer

September 10, 2010

I suppose this isn't really an embedded system per se, but since I do write about FPGA-based CPU design here, I thought you might enjoy a peek at Chrs Fenton's homebrew Cray-1. It is 1/10th scale and cycle accurate. I'm envious! The design takes a Spartan 3E 1600. Unfortunately, I don't have anything bigger than a 1000 so I haven't been able to try it. I can't help but wonder if he's going to fake up a watercooling system for it.

I suppose this isn't really an embedded system per se, but since I do write about FPGA-based CPU design here, I thought you might enjoy a peek at Chrs Fenton's homebrew Cray-1. It is 1/10th scale and cycle accurate.

I'm envious! The design takes a Spartan 3E 1600. Unfortunately, I don't have anything bigger than a 1000 so I haven't been able to try it. I can't help but wonder if he's going to fake up a watercooling system for it.

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