• 18-core credit card sized computer • #1 in energy efficiency @ 5W • 16-core Epiphany RISC SOC • Zynq SOC (FPGA + ARM A9) • Gigabit Ethernet • 1GB SDRAM • Micro-SD storage • Up to 48 GPIO pins • HDMI, USB (optional) • Open source design files • Runs Linux • >10,000 boards shipped • Starting at $99
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I am happy to report that we have successfully taped out a 1024-core Epiphany-V RISC processor chip at 16nm. The chip has 4.5 Billion transistors, which is 36% more transistors than Apple’s latest 4 core A10 processor at roughly the same die size. Compared to leading HPC processors, the chip demonstrates an 80x…