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While you won’t get rich running a single Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Rig, you can probably make back your initial investment in this ingenious little machine. RaspPi Bitcoin rigs are nothing new but in a fairly easy-to-read page.

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The system uses the Pi as a main processor and a. In total he spent $127 on his kit and, as far as we can tell, the power outlay will be negligible. The system uses an ARM-centric mining OS called. It is basically a version of Arch Linux ARM with a few mining apps thrown in. Then all you need is a Bitcoin wallet and a little bit of time.

Given that you’ll be mining at a maximum of 330MH/s, you probably will be seeing pennies a day, if that. If you’re absolutely new to Bitcoin, you can learn a bit more about how to set up all the accounts and wallets. I think the real point, however, is the novelty of the kit.

In retrospect, it was only a matter of time before someone. The Raspi supercomputer is the result of a project headed up by University of Southampton professor [Simon Cox]. Included in the team are a gaggle of grad students and [Simon]’s 6-year-old son who graciously provided the material, design, and logistics for the custom LEGO case. The Iridris-Pi supercomputer, as the team calls their creation, consists of 64 Raspberry Pis, all configured for parallel processing using a lightweight version of. [Simon] was kind enough to put up for turning two (or more) Raspberry Pis into a supercomputer. The machine has a full 1 TB of disk space provided by a 16 GB SD card in each node. Although the press release doesn’t go over the computational capabilities of the Iridris-Pi, the entire system can be powered from a single 13 A supply.

If you’re wondering what it would take to get a Raspberry Pi supercomputer into the, a bit of back-of-the-envelope computation given the and the fact the 500th fastest computer can crank out about 60 TeraFLOPS/s, we’ll estimate about 1.4 Million Raspis would be needed. At least it’s a start. Posted in Tagged, Post navigation.

It is a super computer, 64 raspis equalls enough juice to down 76.5 Microsoft servers with out the use of a low orbit Ion cannon node connection. Obviiusly You do not understand power, much less higher mathematics.

Noobs like you should learn more before they choose to dain us with their special brand of ignorance. That being said, you can get the much power from 4 factory specked, windows 7 laptops (8-10 versions are as per microsofts par complete crap.) Linux’s processing prowess and speed would orobably need 3. Point being a true beowulf cluster is any number of factory based pc’s or Laptops that when combined together create a stronger set of variables to complete a set task. All beowulf clusters are super computers, but not all super computers are beowulf clusters.

In all honesty, if I combined the motherboards from 3,250 tandy made Commodore Vic 20’s the speed of tgat creation would be on par with a small oortable mainframe from the 80’s. I could then argue that it too was a beowulf cluster. My point is be inventive and original nit ignorant and uninformed like Don. Oh and Don, before you give me lip, I should point out that I am a genius, with an autodidactic nsture, who is completely self taught in all things computer. This includes programming, building, soldering, and anything else I need to learn on the fly that has to do with computers. I have 33 years of experience in the technical side of things and promise you that I know where if I speak.

Also have 12 degrees including 5 from M.I.T. GRADUSTED WITH HONORS AND I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF MENSA.

Just letting you know before you try arguing. It saves you time and energy, and me the trouble.

I don’t understand the 13A current number. If 64 RPis can be powered by 13A, that would be 203 mA– much lower than the recommended 700mA rating. OK, 3.5 fold headroom– I can of see that (sort of). But looking at the original article, their cluster “runs off a single 13 Amp mains socket.” In which case, that number means nothing. The UK uses 220V, which at 13A is 2800W. Assuming 80% efficiency going down to 5V, means it could supply 457 A at 5V which should be enough to power a lot more than 64 RPis. Looking into this further, I don’t think the 13A refers to the power supply but rather to the outlet.

Look at which describes the electrical outlet standard used in the UK. It turns out that 13A is one of the outlet current ratings. I agree with you that the current consumption _might_ be that low (or even lower) without using USB/HDMI but I think the summary “entire system can be powered from a single 13 A supply” part is an incorrect reading of “runs off a single 13 Amp mains socket” from the original article. From my observations over the last few days, I’d say ~250 mA is the standby current for an idle RasPi, with around 400 mA being normal for one under high load (e.g. Compiling programs). The only thing connected at the time was a network cable, but the only thing it was being used for was SSH. Therefore, I’d say 200 mA is too low – 13 A almost definitely refers to the mains supply, and being yet another reminder that the unit they should have used is watts, esp.

Since with that number of nodes, it might be more efficient to have a single 3.3 V regulator for the entire cluster. I disagree with your statement. This is an interesting build and you’re upset because it has the Raspberry PI “buzzword” in it. The people who developed the Raspberry PI are trying to further the education of this field. Most of the negative comments are about shipping of personal units and not about the build.

Is hackaday not about making or modifying your own equipment (make a supercomputer). This site has a broad audience and isn’t tailored to an esoteric group that wants to exclude others because there’s a high standard not met. How about elaborate on your comment and maybe people can debate about it, a passive aggressive remark doesn’t prove anything. My comment on the build: It is interesting and the experience making one is probably worth it but I don’t think of it as an alternative money/dollar value for FLOPS. I would love to get a couple RPI’s and start getting my nephew interested this field!!!

Wait a minute R ” It’s like saying, a 1.5 GHz Dual-Core CPU can process more than a 2 GHz Single-Core CPU.” You have to be careful about making statements like this – two 1.5GHz cores working concurrently CAN do more work than a single 2GHz CPU. This differentiating factor is that you’ll need to be able to split the processing between two cores. A single-threaded application will perform better on a single 2GHz CPU. But if it was a two-process application, the dual core will perform much better.

Some graphics cards have over 1000 cores so they can divide a large problem into much smaller problems which can be distributed amongst the cores. Oh the horror, if someone did this as a PR stunt im sure theyr getting fired or sued. Its one thing to pull off a technical feat to get people to buy, but when some people have been waiting over 6 months for ONE unit PREordered, it makes people cancel thier orders and buy something else, something they can own without having to “pray” or “hope for” (*%*&% sakes, this isnt a date, lottery, or even a mystery. If you cant fucking ship them, dont fucking take orders and then deliver to someone else. Thats called being an ass and im sure there are people canceling thier orders en-masse right now.

And someone getting fired EITHER THAT OR THE PERSON THAT MADE THIS SUPER-PI ROBBED A TRUCK FULL OF EM! Don’t forget about the 26 GFlops capability of the graphics unit that can be used for Gen Purpose number processing. Building A Electroneum ETN Mining Rig 2018.

A rough order of magnitude comparison is an i7 980X gets about 109 GFlops. So about 5 Raspis running a fully parallel benchmark could equal an i7. Assuming 100% efficient use of GPU processing would only require 2308 Raspis to make 60 TFlops. Derate that to 50% and you are still fewer processors and less heat than some of the other massively parallel processors in the top 500. Many of these are also GPU based.

I like the idea of using the low cost Raspberry Pi. I tried, in the past, to use two VIC-20’s to share processingbut this was a pipe dream of an 8 year old.

I am an avid user of the Raspberry Pi AND Arduino architectures, The idea of nodal computing is fascinating, and should not be berated. I have a dislike when it comes to people saying that they “wasted money” or “get a bigger machine.” I applaud the users in their responses, but pleaserememberthinking outside of the box makes you the imaginative genius that separates you from the molded masses. Happy Friday everyone, and help enlighten those around you of what IS possible, and NOT what isn’t.;).