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DIY 1980s "Non-Von" Supercomputer

Posted by kdawson on from the try-this-at-home dept.

Brietech writes "Ever wanted to own your own supercomputer? This guy recreated a 31-processor SIMD supercomputer from the early 1980s called the 'Non-Von 1' in an FPGA. It uses a 'Non-Von Neumann' architecture, and was intended for extremely fast database searches and artificial intelligence applications. Full-scale models were intended to have more than a million processors. It's a cool project for those interested in 'alternative' computer architectures, and yes, full source code (Verilog) is available, along with a python library to program it with." Hope the WIPO patent has expired.

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  1. And the point is by amori · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Mine only has 31 nodes, so I could use it as a way to store roughly half of the phonebook in my cell phone." I think I'll pass this one up.

    1. Re:And the point is by amori · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Normally I wouldn't reply to that but funny you bring it up: My computational cluster runs Linux (personal and at work) and it has a lot of memory, hence my original post. You can't do much with a supercomputer without a decent amount of memory. And Dell ? Who uses Dell.

    2. Re:And the point is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      My balls. Lick them.

      CÃao.
      Also, slashdot can suck my slashed dong because it can't even display an acute accent mark i character.

    3. Re:And the point is by amori · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      What else do you imagine ? I'm guessing you have one heightened sense of imagination, which I would probably associate with a gun totting Republican, who also happens to be a linux fanboy, and wishes to bring Linux into a subject that has nothing to do with it.

  2. Re:Neat... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    kdawson you fucking suck, fuck you