Parallella, Raspberry Pi, FPGA & All That Stuff

Tom M
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KLiK
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Has anybody here use some TPU

Has anybody here use some TPU designs for a piggy-back unit? Like Coral AI from Google or similar. ????‍♂️

Ian&Steve C.
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KLiK wrote: Has anybody here

KLiK wrote:

Has anybody here use some TPU designs for a piggy-back unit? Like Coral AI from Google or similar. ????‍♂️

no BOINC project would be able to use them. there aren't any BOINC projects for that kind of workload. a TPU is basically an ASIC.

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Ian&Steve C. wrote: KLiK

Ian&Steve C. wrote:

KLiK wrote:

Has anybody here use some TPU designs for a piggy-back unit? Like Coral AI from Google or similar. ????‍♂️

no BOINC project would be able to use them. there aren't any BOINC projects for that kind of workload. a TPU is basically an ASIC. 

Oh if only!!!! I have a whole box of asic miners, brand new I think, and a couple of butterfly ones and even a couple larger ones that require a larger than 1000 watt psu to run.

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PorkyPies
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the Raspberry Pi 5 on the 28th of Sept. The official announcement can be found HERE

Key features:

  • 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU
  • VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2
  • Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® display output
  • 4Kp60 HEVC decoder
  • Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi®
  • Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
  • High-speed microSD card interface with SDR104 mode support
  • 2 x USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
  • 2 x USB 2.0 ports
  • Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT, coming soon)
  • 2 x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
  • PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals
  • Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin GPIO header
  • Real-time clock
  • Power button

It comes in 4GB and 8GB versions at the moment. Official pricing has increased and is $60 (USD) for the 4GB and $80 (USD) for the 8GB.

Phoronix has a bunch of benchmarks on it and have it 2 to 2.5 times faster than the Pi4 for CPU work and 2 to 4 times faster for GPU work.

 

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mikey
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PorkyPies wrote: The

PorkyPies wrote:

The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the Raspberry Pi 5 on the 28th of Sept. The official announcement can be found HERE

Key features:

  • 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU
  • VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2
  • Dual 4Kp60 HDMI® display output
  • 4Kp60 HEVC decoder
  • Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi®
  • Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
  • High-speed microSD card interface with SDR104 mode support
  • 2 x USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
  • 2 x USB 2.0 ports
  • Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT, coming soon)
  • 2 x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
  • PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals
  • Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin GPIO header
  • Real-time clock
  • Power button

It comes in 4GB and 8GB versions at the moment. Official pricing has increased and is $60 (USD) for the 4GB and $80 (USD) for the 8GB.

Phoronix has a bunch of benchmarks on it and have it 2 to 2.5 times faster than the Pi4 for CPU work and 2 to 4 times faster for GPU work.

So how many do you have on order? :-))

PorkyPies
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mikey wrote: <snipped> So

mikey wrote:

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So how many do you have on order? :-))

None at the moment. Waiting on BitScope to advise their Edge Cluster is updated to support them. They did say they have been testing them but no indications as to when they'll be available.

Flirc have updated their case to support the Pi5. Looks the same as the Pi4 one apart from the cut-outs for connectors. The Pi4 Flirc case can get quite toasty, so the Pi5 with its extra wattage is going to get even hotter.

mikey
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PorkyPies wrote: mikey

PorkyPies wrote:

mikey wrote:

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So how many do you have on order? :-))

None at the moment. Waiting on BitScope to advise their Edge Cluster is updated to support them. They did say they have been testing them but no indications as to when they'll be available.

Flirc have updated their case to support the Pi5. Looks the same as the Pi4 one apart from the cut-outs for connectors. The Pi4 Flirc case can get quite toasty, so the Pi5 with its extra wattage is going to get even hotter.

I have not ordered any yet either but am thinking about it, I would want a case with a fan too though a cluster case with a huge pc type fan might work as well. BTW I read your blog every once in awhile and love it!!

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