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A Low-Cost Multicomputer for Teaching Environments

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    Identifier:  imarina:7742806
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina7742806
    Authors:  Aliagas, Carles; Garcia-Famoso, Montse; Meseguer, Roc; Millan, Pere; Molina, Carlos
    Abstract:
    We propose a teaching resource that uses HardKernel boards to build an MPI server with 256 cores. Although this system has a relatively low performance, the aim is to provide access to hundreds of cores for carrying out scalability analyses, while obtaining a good trade-off between performance, price, and energy consumption. Here, we give details about the implementation of this system at both the hardware and software levels. We also explain how it was used to teach parallel programming in a university degree course, and discuss the teachers' and students' comments about using this new system.

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    Link to the original source: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9137295
    APA: Aliagas, Carles; Garcia-Famoso, Montse; Meseguer, Roc; Millan, Pere; Molina, Carlos (2020). A Low-Cost Multicomputer for Teaching Environments. Revista Iberoamericana De Tecnologias Del Aprendizaje, 15(3), 171-182. DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2020.3008098
    Paper original source: Revista Iberoamericana De Tecnologias Del Aprendizaje. 15 (3): 171-182
    Article's DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2020.3008098
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Record's date: 2024-11-23
    URV's Author/s: Aliagas Castell, Carlos / García Famoso, María Montserrat / Millán Marco, Pedro / Molina Clemente, Carlos María
    Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
    ISSN: 19328540
    Author, as appears in the article.: Aliagas, Carles; Garcia-Famoso, Montse; Meseguer, Roc; Millan, Pere; Molina, Carlos
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Thematic Areas: Linguística e literatura, Interdisciplinar, General engineering, Ensino, Engineering (miscellaneous), Engineering (all), Engenharias iv, Education, Educación, Educação, E-learning, Computer science, interdisciplinary applications, Ciência da computação
    Author's mail: carlos.molina@urv.cat, pere.millan@urv.cat, montse.garcia@urv.cat, montse.garcia@urv.cat, carles.aliagas@urv.cat, carles.aliagas@urv.cat

  • Keywords:

    Servers
    Scalability
    Performance
    Parallel programming
    Parallel machines
    Multiprocessor interconnection
    Multicore processing
    Low-power systems
    Hardware
    Graphics processing units
    Educational activities
    Education
    Cluster
    Affordable and clean energy
    Computer Science
    Interdisciplinary Applications
    E-Learning
    Engineering (Miscellaneous)
    Linguística e literatura
    Interdisciplinar
    General engineering
    Ensino
    Engineering (all)
    Engenharias iv
    Educación
    Educação
    Ciência da computação

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