I've been involved with cluster computing ever since DEC introduced VAXcluster in 1984. In those days, a three node VAXcluster cost about $1 million. Today you can build a much more powerful cluster ...

From its humble beginnings as a charity-based project, Raspberry Pi has developed into arguably the most well-known mini-computer on the planet. With the first model featuring a single-core CPU and ...

It became something of a cliché a few years ago in online discussions, whenever a new single board computer was mentioned someone would pop up and say something like “Imagine a Beowulf cluster…“. Back ...

With all the enhancements to their computing prowess, modern Raspberry Pi boards can run quite a few demanding projects. For example, you can emulate plenty of retro consoles on the newer RPi boards, ...

Docker Swarm on Raspberry Pi is easier than you think.

The Raspberry Pi 2 is now shipping, and you can buy it for the same price as the previous model. And get this: For the first time the mini-computer will support Microsoft’s Windows—specifically, ...

Raspberry Pi was originally aimed at students and hobbyists, and it can now function as a Linux computer. And if support for Microsoft’s Windows 10 desktop OS is added to the latest Raspberry Pi 3, it ...