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Cool and quiet benchmarking on MACCHIATObin (Armada 8040)

I’ve recently taken delivery of a few new goodies to complement the MACCHIATObin Arm v8 powered board that I’ve written about recently on my blog.

Sep 15, 2017 - 1 min read
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Standing up a IBM Spectrum LSF Community Edition cluster on Arm v8

So, you’ve got yourself a shiny new (or maybe not) system based upon a 64-bit Arm (Arm v8) processor that you want to put through it’s paces.

Aug 31, 2017 - 11 min read
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Turning up the heat...on my Armada 8040

Although I took delivery of a shiny new SolidRun Marvell macchiatoBIN a few months back (end May), I’ve not really had a chance to put it through it’s paces until now.

Aug 29, 2017 - 9 min read

Armed and ready with IBM Platform LSF

These days it’s not uncommon to hear about CPUs based upon ARM cores. They can be found in mobile phones, embedded systems, laptops and even servers.

Apr 11, 2014 - 5 min read

Looking forward from the ARM days of old

These days we often hear about CPUs based upon ARM cores. They can be found in mobile phones, embedded systems, laptops and even servers. Indeed, projects such as Mont Blanc are investigating the use of ARM based systems for high performance computing (HPC).

Mar 13, 2014 - 2 min read