abferm Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) Would it be possible to make a PCI card that has several CPUs/GPUs on it to make a super computer? It couldn't be that hard to make one with GPUs seeing as there is already CUDA out there, but would it be possible to put say two AM2+ sockets on a board and use some of them since they have recently been replaced by the AM3 and should be dropping in price(acrually it might be cheaper and better quality if we use AM3s, there is no way that I know of to use Intel processors and keep it cool, not to mention the cost)? If it is possible, would any one be interested in working on the project? Edited June 23, 2011 by abferm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 They dont run as fast as a GPU on a graphics card. But check out pico cards. It was the type of stuff used before GPU got big. http://www.picocomputing.com/e_series.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abferm Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) They dont run as fast as a GPU on a graphics card. But check out pico cards. It was the type of stuff used before GPU got big. http://www.picocomputing.com/e_series.html Could something like those be made with GPUs? I was hoping for something more like a second CPU slot to turn the average motherboard into a multi-processor board via a standard PCI slot or a CUDA card that is designed just for CUDA use making it cheaper by eliminating unnecessary components used on a graphics card. Would a card like that need its own RAM? Edited June 23, 2011 by abferm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 If you want raw GPU power, get GPU devices (video cards) they go into PCI Express slots... If you got a lot of money to throw around... http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abferm Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 I was thinking something more affordable and open source if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Still need hardware, you can get cheaper cards that have Cuda and away you go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 See the problem with this is its not going to be a feasible projct to turn a PCI card into another CPU. The motherboard and CMOS are designed in such a way, that unless there are slots on the mobo for additional CPU's, I don't think it could work. You can recompile programs to use the GPU specifically for certain tasks, instead of using the CPU, but unless you want to redesign the basic computer architecture to be modular with PCI slots for CPU's, I don't see it happening with a PC. Now, if you want to create something like that of an arduino type of device, or PC on a stick, its already being done for small computing power, where there is video on the card as well as USB and processing power, but you would also need to write your own OS or modify an existing one to use the hardware such as the Raspberry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8igmac Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Get amd 6 core, the most bang for your buck , u will love it with a good card And solid state hard drive My Linux boots up in like 1 second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 If you want parallel processing power, I would go with what Mr-Protocol suggested. Buy some Nvidia graphics card and utilize their CUDA architecture. They can offer a lot more raw power than CPUs alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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