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That's really cool. I'm curious, would it be possible to use a modern GPU (running at 1x) on an ARM based board? Would the open source drivers that are part of the Kernel work out the box on ARM?
It looks like an unreliable modification. Running a GHz-level interface with jumpers is almost impossible to control the impedance, it's a cool Proof-of-Concept though. But is it possible to bring the project to the next level? Is it possible to make a daughterboard with QFN connector? If so, one can make a pin-compatible daughterboard with an extension connector. To use it, just desolder the USB chip and solder a ne…
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I was thinking Ethernet because, A:It's cheap to buy a switch and cluster 100 RPi, B: You can have a desktop with a faster NIC and keep the RPis busy. But as with everything high performance, it depends entirely on the use case.
True. And with RPi4 having a 1000baseT, it’s not as painful as it seems. Perhaps even the driver can be coaxed into some form of DMA and MPI that is a bit lower latency than IP stack. With secondary IP layer on 802.11, it might actually work reasonably well.
Hmm, how about using this for fast interconnect for making rpi clusters?
Being able to attach an Intel 660P and get 2 TB of fast SSD storage on a Raspberry Pi would be sweet.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Express-Adapter-Support-221...
Why not, but I will wait for a classic ATX ARM motherboard instead. It should happen this year.
Why not, but I will wait for a classic ATX ARM motherboard instead. It should happen this year.
Hmm, how about using this for fast interconnect for making rpi clusters?
The raspberry pi is slow enough that your network isn't going to be the biggest bottleneck.
Hmm, how about using this for fast interconnect for making rpi clusters?
This might even allow some level of memory mapping in all directions. Unfortunately PCIe switches are not very hackable as such, but maybe I can spin a board for this purpose... after I get the hack more industrialized.
It looks like an unreliable modification. Running a GHz-level interface with jumpers is almost impossible to control the impedance, it's a cool Proof-of-Concept though. But is it possible to bring the project to the next level? Is it possible to make a daughterboard with QFN connector? If so, one can make a pin-compatible daughterboard with an extension connector. To use it, just desolder the USB chip and solder a ne…
It looks like an unreliable modification.
[NanoPi_M4] http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_M4#Layout