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A Low-Cost Multicomputer for Teaching Environments

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    Identifier: imarina:7742806
    Authors:
    Aliagas, CarlesGarcia-Famoso, MontseMeseguer, RocMillan, PereMolina, 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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    Author, as appears in the article.: Aliagas, Carles; Garcia-Famoso, Montse; Meseguer, Roc; Millan, Pere; Molina, Carlos
    Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    URV's Author/s: Aliagas Castell, Carlos / García Famoso, María Montserrat / Millán Marco, Pedro / Molina Clemente, Carlos María
    Keywords: Servers Scalability Performance Parallel programming Parallel machines Multiprocessor interconnection Multicore processing Low-power systems Hardware Graphics processing units Educational activities Education Cluster
    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.
    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
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 19328540
    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
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-1955-0128 0000-0002-4132-7099 0000-0002-9838-8896 0000-0002-9838-8896
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9137295
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Revista Iberoamericana De Tecnologias Del Aprendizaje. 15 (3): 171-182
    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
    Article's DOI: 10.1109/RITA.2020.3008098
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications,E-Learning,Education,Engineering (Miscellaneous)
    Servers
    Scalability
    Performance
    Parallel programming
    Parallel machines
    Multiprocessor interconnection
    Multicore processing
    Low-power systems
    Hardware
    Graphics processing units
    Educational activities
    Education
    Cluster
    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
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