You needed hardware that could support massively parallel computing the cornerstone of modern supercomputing. This affordable platform is designed for developing and implementing high performance, parallel processing. Complete architecture, chip, driver, library, tool and sdk. Making parallel computing easy to use has been described as a problem as hard as any that computer science has faced. Adapteva is on a mission to democratize access to parallel computing. The chip manufacturer adapteva is looking to put dozens. This affordable platform is designed for developing and implementing high performance, parallel processing applications developed to take advantage of the. Adapteva is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on low power many core microprocessor design. Accessible solution with open source hardware and software. The parallella is a high performance computer developed by adapteva that includes adapteva s unique 16core risc epiphany cpu.
Adapteva scalable ip to transform multicore computing landscape brings unprecedented parallel processing performance to floatingpoint programs while. Apr 22, 20 to hear the story of computing as adapteva tells it, the future of computing is parallel. Adapteva kickstarts credit cardsized supercomputer project. The parallella can be used as a standalone computer, an embedded device or as a component in a scaled out parallel server cluster. Adaptevas groundbreaking epiphany multicore architecture represents a new class of massively parallel computer architectures that is the future of computing and.
There are several different forms of parallel computing. Where raspberry pis mission is to create a lowcost but capable computer for education, adaptevas goal is broader. Oct 24, 2012 andreas olofsson, founder at adapteva introduces the parallella open computing project. Everyone else will get general access to software at time of shipment in may.
Jul 23, 20 the parallella, equipped with adapteva s breakthrough 16 and 64core epiphany multicore processors, is a platform with unprecedented performance and flexibility which brings parallel computing to. Adapteva delivering on vision of the future of parallel computing adapteva sampling 28 nm 64core epiphany iv microprocessor chip, the worlds. Parallella is designed to be a truly open, highperformance computing platform that will close the knowledge gap in parallel programing. A new parallella software defined radio platform ai. Making parallel computing easy to use has been described as a problem as hard as any. The company was the second company to announce a design with 1,000 specialized processing cores on a single integrated circuit. We leave it to others to argue the merits of gpl vs bsd. You process sounds, visuals and other senses all in at a time. The company wants to be at the forefront of exascale computing, and to do so by. Adapteva, 1666 massachusetts ave, lexington, ma 2020. Adapteva scalable ip to transform multicore computing. During the parallella technical conference in tokyo we announced a new software defined radio platform, created by friends of parallella. In may 2009, olofsson had a prototype of a new type of massively parallel multicore computer architecture. Adapteva company profile office locations, competitors.
Adapteva today announced that it is sampling the fourth generation of its epiphany multicore architecture, making the groundbreaking performance and energy efficiency of the epiphany platform widely available for coprocessing solutions to be implemented by industries requiring the next leap forward in parallel computing. This affordable platform is designed for developing and implementing high performance, parallel processing applications developed to take advantage of the onboard epiphany chip. The parallella computer is a high performance, credit card sized computer based on the epiphany multicore chips from adapteva. Adapteva scalable ip to transform multicore computing landscape brings unprecedented parallel processing performance to floatingpoint programs while lowering power consumption esc silicon valley 2011. Adapteva introduces parallella university program ai. Jan, 2014 we are intelligent and our mind process the information in parallel. Adapteva distributes initial production versions of the. Adapteva scalable ip to transform multicore computing landscape. Adapteva delivering on vision of the future of parallel computing. We show multiple programs running on the dual core arm. The parallella platform is an open source, energy efficient, high performance, creditcard sized computer based on the epiphany multicore chips developed by adapteva. Parallella is powered by adapteva s 16core and 64core epiphany multicore processors that are meant for parallel computing unlike other commercial offthe. The parallella is a high performance computer developed by adapteva that includes adaptevas unique 16core risc epiphany cpu. The present and future of computing is clearly parallel but the world is still struggling with the transition from the serial computing model that has served it well for decades, said andreas olofsson, ceo of adapteva, in a prepared.
The parallella computer platform is an open source, energy efficient, high performance, credit card sized computer based on the epiphany multicore chips from adapteva. Adapteva was founded in march 2008, by andreas olofsson. All reasonable open source licenses are welcome here. In order for parallel computing to take off, parallel hardware must become universally available. Jan 16, 2014 adaptevas open source, communitydriven approach to parallel programming and processing is a breakthrough for the computing industry, said andreas olofsson, ceo and founder of adapteva. Oct 07, 2012 but the problem that adapteva is chasing is much larger than providing cheap parallel computing for hobbyists. What adapteva has done is create a creditcard sized parallelprocessing board.
What is the connection between parallel computing and. Andreas olofsson, founder at adapteva introduces the parallella open computing project. The first offering via the pup program will be the parallella16 computer, adapteva s breakthrough creditcard sized multicore processing platform. Aug 22, 2012 adapteva delivering on vision of the future of parallel computing adapteva sampling 28 nm 64core epiphany iv microprocessor chip, the worlds most energy efficient chip august 22, 2012 09. Parallel computing is a type of computation in which many calculations or the execution of processes are carried out simultaneously. Parallel computing needs to be open, we want to do introduce a completely opensource toolset to enable nextlevel computing. The pledge window was just 30 days, which began on september 27.
The parallella project will make parallel computing accessible to. Bringing parallel computing to the forefront in university engineering education lexington, mass. Adapteva launches parallella university program campus. The company was founded with the goal of bringing a 10. Even though dual, quad, and octocore cpus have been around for a while, its a far cry from truly massive parallel computing platforms. Adapteva reaches funding goal for parallella project. Parallel processing software is a middletier application that manages program task execution on a parallel computing architecture by distributing large application requests between more than one cpu within an underlying architecture, which seamlessly reduces execution time. Open parallel is a global team of specialists with deep experience with parallel programming, multicore technology and software system architecture in a world of rigid predefined roles, open parallels innovative management for breakthrough projects contributes the framework that drives technology to produce business results today. The chip has some pretty impressive specifications.
Bigdata and other demands pose a processor challenge and adapteva recognizes a problem in energy. The company designs, develops, builds, and markets energy efficient and scalable multicore processor chips for parallel computing. The parallel programming dilemma is a grand challenge of computer science and we need all hands on deck. The parallella computing board is built around epiphany multicore chips out of the cambridgebased adapteva semiconductor company. Institutions participating in the pup program will receive free hardware and developmental software specifically focused on parallel computing. Mar 12, 20 the parallella is billed by its designers at adapteva as an affordable, open and easy parallel computing platform based on the companys own multicore epiphany chips. Adapteva was founded in 2008 with the goal of bringing a ten times advancement in floatingpoint. Applications developed to take advantage of the onboard epiphany parallel processor. This is done by using specific algorithms to process tasks. Parallel computing refers to the execution of a single program, where certain parts are executed simultaneously and therefore the parallel execution is faster than a sequential one. The parallella project will make parallel computing accessible to everyone. To hear the story of computing as adapteva tells it, the future of computing is parallel. Oct 30, 2012 the parallella is billed by its designers at adapteva as an affordable, open and easy parallel computing platform based on the companys own multicore epiphany chips.
This powerful computer is designed to help me understand and explore the world of manycore computing. The parallella, equipped with adaptevas breakthrough 16 and 64core epiphany multicore processors, is a platform with unprecedented performance. Even prior to shipping all our initial orders, we have more than 5,000 active followers in our community. Its perhaps more realistic to think of parallella as a highly efficient piece of parallel computer engineering rather than a supercomputer. This is the first public video showing the credit card sized parallella board in action. Adapteva delivering on vision of the future of parallel. The parallella computer platform is an open source, energy efficient, high. You get everything in the supporter reward and you get a black tshirt with a parallella slogan on it or the book an introduction to parallel programming to be written by the adapteva team. If you are interested in porting software for any of these applications to the epiphany architecture, we would love to hear from you. Oct 03, 2012 the goal of the parallella project is to democratize access to parallel computing. But the problem that adapteva is chasing is much larger than providing cheap parallel computing for hobbyists. Numerous universities seeking to educate students on parallel computing already are collaborating with adapteva.
Compared to the previous announcement 1, openshmem 1. Ceo of adapteva, says parallel computing is the only way for. Adapteva parallella supercomputing boards start shipping. The parallella platform is an open source, energy efficient, high performance, creditcardsized computer based on the epiphany multicore chips developed by adapteva. Adapteva has developed the worlds most energy efficient multicore microprocessor architecture, immediately boosting by an order of magnitude the number of cores that can be integrated on a single chip. The platform is based on a popular analog devices rfic called ad9361. Heres a list of projects that we think could benefit greatly from the energy efficient computing offered by the epiphany accelerator. Adapteva is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on low power multicore microprocessor design. Jan 04, 2015 the parallella is a high performance computer developed by adapteva that includes adapteva s unique 16core risc epiphany cpu. The parallella includes a low power dual core arm a9 processor and runs several of the popular linux distributions, including ubuntu. The parallella is billed by its designers at adapteva as an affordable, open and easy parallel computing platform based on the companys own multicore epiphany chips. Apr 15, 20 you needed hardware that could support massively parallel computing the cornerstone of modern supercomputing. Adapteva is delivering ground breaking parallel computing adapteva, inc. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time.
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