The Parallella Computer

Overview

The Parallella platform is a powerful, energy-efficient, open-source, and credit-card-sized computer based on the Epiphany multicore chips developed by Adapteva. This affordable platform is tailored for developing and implementing high-performance, parallel processing applications that leverage the onboard Epiphany chip. The Epiphany 16 or 64-core chips feature a scalable array of simple RISC processors, which are programmable in C/C++. These processors are interconnected with a fast on-chip network within a single shared memory architecture.

Technical specifications

• Zynq-7000 Series Dual-core ARM A9 CPU (Z-7010 or Z-7020)
• 16 or 64-core Epiphany Multicore Accelerator
• 1GB RAM
• MicroSD Card
• 2x USB 2.0
• 4 general purpose expansion connectors
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet
• HDMI port

Resources

• Parallella Reference Manual
• Parallella Hardware Design files
• Parallella Platform Reference Design
• Epiphany Architecture Reference Manual
• Epiphany III 16-core Chip Datasheet
• Epiphany IV 64-core Chip Datasheet

Attribution

Test case originally .dsn files from https://github.com/parallella/parallella-hw, converted with System Capture.