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 ...

[Paul Brown] wants to take advantage of off-site server colocation services. But the providers within [Paul]’s region typically place a limit of 1A @ 120V on each server. Rather than search out ...

Design Spark – a Raspberry Pi ($39) can be used to emulate a mainframe which would have filled a large computer room, and to run the same software which it would have run. Of course, the only reason ...

Prof Simon J Cox works for the University of Southampton and is Director of the Microsoft Institute for HPC (at University of Southampton). He receives funding from UK Government Research bodies and ...

The new Raspberry Pi 2, now with Windows 10 support The humble Raspberry Pi, the board that has taught countless people (adults and children alike) to program and which powers innumerable homebrew ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Over the years, I’ve tinkered with all sorts of home lab paraphernalia, including repurposed PCs, efficient mini-PCs, and even enterprise-grade hardware. But despite owning significantly more powerful ...

Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures in Tech, a thrilling gadget show produced in our London office. Luke's focus is on keeping you in the loop with a mix of ...