Cray1 should be compared to nowadays raspberry pi pico 2 / rp2350 which has similar specs (using external ram).
Cray versus Raspberry Pi
11–20 of 136 posts
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#12> If AI systems continue to improve at the current rate and we combine that with improvements in hardware that are measured in orders of magnitude every 15 years or so then it stands to reason that we'll get that "super-intelligent GAI" system any day now. Oh come off it now. This could have been just a good blog post that didn't make me want to throw my phone across the room. GenAI is a hell of a drug. It's shocking…
Even if you are a GAI / super intelligence booster, the limiting factor is clearly software and data. If it is possible, the big tech AI labs already have all the compute they need to make one deployment work. Hardware is limiting for deploying at scale and at a profit.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#13> If AI systems continue to improve at the current rate and we combine that with improvements in hardware that are measured in orders of magnitude every 15 years or so then it stands to reason that we'll get that "super-intelligent GAI" system any day now. Oh come off it now. This could have been just a good blog post that didn't make me want to throw my phone across the room. GenAI is a hell of a drug. It's shocking…
I was more about to point out that the 10x per 15 years for hardware hardly holds anymore for silicon and it's ridiculous to expect that to continue.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#14What happened to the programs/problems the Cray 1 solved? If anyone can do it on commodity hardware - is it being done? Is it all solved?
Most are not solved but modern systems can generate better solutions. Think about problems like forecasting weather or finite element analysis of mechanical systems.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#15Cray1 should be compared to nowadays raspberry pi pico 2 / rp2350 which has similar specs (using external ram).
I won't rest until the average microcontroller in an optical mouse is more powerful than a Cray 1.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#16What happened to the programs/problems the Cray 1 solved? If anyone can do it on commodity hardware - is it being done? Is it all solved?
It was pretty basic models for tasks like weather forecasting and simulating nuclear reactions. We've come a long way on both the software modeling and hardware front.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#17These comparisons are fun at all but a better one would be the difference between whatever "computer" a citizen lambda would have used back in the day and the cray1 and whatever on can use now and the current "cray" (or whatever humans use now) and see the difference of cost.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#18What happened to the programs/problems the Cray 1 solved? If anyone can do it on commodity hardware - is it being done? Is it all solved?
It was pretty basic models for tasks like weather forecasting and simulating nuclear reactions. We've come a long way on both the software modeling and hardware front.
We still use a lot of the same software for nuclear reactor simulations. They just run a lot faster.
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#19[dead]
Re: Cray versus Raspberry Pi
#20Cray1 should be compared to nowadays raspberry pi pico 2 / rp2350 which has similar specs (using external ram).
I won't rest until the average microcontroller in an optical mouse is more powerful than a Cray 1.
try as you may, but that mouse will never work as a lounge center piece.