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#DoE #scientific_computing #hpc #supercomputing #ascr #ascac

It has been a long time which there is a question in my mind. There are cheap #sbc s around. For huge computings on CPU, would many #ARM based single board computers like #Raspberry_pi or #nano_pi replace a single #Intel? If this is possible and considering that softwares are equally optimized on #x86 and ARM, the obvious advantage of a bunch of ARM tiny computers as a whole cluster over a single x86 would be that they consume much less power, thus they generate much less heat and hopefully longer product life. Also if any of them went down, your whole computing resource is still available but with a little less computing power. I have a NanoPi NEO and a 3rd gen Ci5 M series. But a piece of software is needed which could benchmark both my x86 and my ARM and on the compiler-level, is optimized equally for both.

#hpc #cpu_computing #scientific_computing