I've been involved with cluster computing ever since DEC introduced VAXcluster in 1984. In those days, a three node VAXcluster cost about $1 million. Today you can build a much more powerful cluster ...

Design Spark – a Raspberry Pi ($39) can be used to emulate a mainframe which would have filled a large computer room, and to run the same software which it would have run. Of course, the only reason ...

[Paul Brown] wants to take advantage of off-site server colocation services. But the providers within [Paul]’s region typically place a limit of 1A @ 120V on each server. Rather than search out ...

It became something of a cliché a few years ago in online discussions, whenever a new single board computer was mentioned someone would pop up and say something like “Imagine a Beowulf cluster…“. Back ...

Prof Simon J Cox works for the University of Southampton and is Director of the Microsoft Institute for HPC (at University of Southampton). He receives funding from UK Government Research bodies and ...

February 26, 2016 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The Raspberry Pi’s great, but it’s certainly not that powerful. One way to boost that power is to create a ...

From its humble beginnings as a charity-based project, Raspberry Pi has developed into arguably the most well-known mini-computer on the planet. With the first model featuring a single-core CPU and ...

Over the years, I’ve tinkered with all sorts of home lab paraphernalia, including repurposed PCs, efficient mini-PCs, and even enterprise-grade hardware. But despite owning significantly more powerful ...

Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures in Tech, a thrilling gadget show produced in our London office. Luke's focus is on keeping you in the loop with a mix of ...

The big (yet small) picture: The much-awaited Raspberry Pi 4 is out, and it comes with much improved performance - so much so that the board's launch website is almost entirely powered by 18 Raspberry ...