DIY 1980s "Non-Von" Supercomputer

Posted by kdawson on Friday February 20, 2009 @03:15AM 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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Re:And the point is by squiggleslash · 2009-02-20 03:29 · Score: -1, Troll

What are you doing reading Slashdot? Why don't you go back to re-installing Windows on that nice new Dell you bought?

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WARNING! GOATSE LINK!! DO NOT CLICK by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-20 03:48 · Score: -1, Troll

n/t
Re:Neat... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-20 03:57 · Score: -1, Troll

Uhhh... right here. Now don't say I didn't warn you, but it's pretty relevant.
biznat3H by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-20 07:05 · Score: -1, Troll

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