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Face Detection using the Epiphany Multicore Processor

Face Detection using the Epiphany Multicore Processor

Introduction: High quality face detection is a non-trivial application. Fortunately extensive high quality open source C/C++ code is available for...

Adapteva Demos 100Gflops

Adapteva Demos 100Gflops

(THE LINLEY GROUP): IP vendor Adapteva has received samples of its Epiphany-IV chip, demonstrating that its unique floating-point accelerator can...

This supercomputing board can be yours for $99. Here’s how

This supercomputing board can be yours for $99. Here’s how

(THE REGISTER): Adapteva, an upstart RISC processor and co-processor designer that has tried to break into the big-time with its...

Adapteva Kickstarts credit card-sized supercomputer project

Adapteva Kickstarts credit card-sized supercomputer project

(EMBEDDED) Adapteva, a semiconductor start-up company has just initiated the crowd-funded Parallella Kickstarter project  to build an open and affordable...

Insert Coin: The Parallella project dreams of $99 supercomputers

Insert Coin: The Parallella project dreams of $99 supercomputers

(ENGADGET): Parallel computing is normally reserved for supercomputers way out of the reach of average users — at least at...

Adapteva announces Raspberry Pi competitor

Adapteva announces Raspberry Pi competitor

(LINUX USER): Semiconductor start-up Adapteva has announced plans to create an open-source experimentation board with a massive amount of parallel...

Adapteva Launches Crowd-Source Funding for Its Floating Point Accelerator

Adapteva Launches Crowd-Source Funding for Its Floating Point Accelerator

(HPCWIRE): Chipmaker Adapteva is attempting to bypass the conventional venture capital funding route and collect money via a micro-investor platform...

Spurned by VCs, a Chip Startup Turns to Kickstarter

Spurned by VCs, a Chip Startup Turns to Kickstarter

(GIGAOM): Andreas Olofsson, the founder and chief executive of Adapteva, had a problem. He had built a computer chip that...

$99 Raspberry Pi-sized “supercomputer” touted in Kickstarter project

$99 Raspberry Pi-sized “supercomputer” touted in Kickstarter project

 (ARSTECHNICA): Raspberry Pi-sized board called Parallella puts supercomputing power into a $99 package. Chipmaker Adapteva wants to make parallel computing...

Adapteva uses crowdfunding to raise money for a $99 supercomputing platform

Adapteva uses crowdfunding to raise money for a $99 supercomputing platform

(VENTUREBEAT):  Adapteva is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter so that it can create a $99 supercomputer for the masses....