Single Board Cluster Competition
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Welcome to the Single Board Cluster Competition for students, where efficiency is the key to success! In this competition, we challenge you to create the most efficient single board computer cluster that can perform complex tasks while using the least amount of power and resources.
Midjourney: Circuit board isometric concept, aspect ratio 1: 1
When and where
Date:
April 10th - 12th 2025
San Diego Address: 9836 Hopkins Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
University of California, San Diego - SDSC Auditorium
Austin Address: 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758
University of Texas, Austin
Remote participation is also possible.
Cluster Requirements
To ensure a level playing field for all participants, the competition has a few rules and requirements. Participants are not allowed to use Apple M1-M4 processors, and their clusters must have a minimum of 4 sockets. MPI is required, and there is a power limit of 250 watts and a cost limit of $6,000.
Dall-E: Super fast computers competing
Benchmarks
Participants will be required to run several benchmarks to showcase the performance of their clusters. You can find more information about these benchmarks and their requirements on their respective websites.
HPL
A Portable Implementation of the High-Performance Linpack Benchmark for Distributed-Memory Computers
STREAM
A simple synthetic benchmark program that measures sustainable memory bandwidth (in MB/s) and the corresponding computation rate for simple vector kernels (in MB/s).
D-LLAMA 3 8B
Tensor parallelism is all you need. Run LLMs on an AI cluster at home using any device.
Hashcat
We'll give them a few strings and details on some and have them solve as many passwords as possible. More instructions and details released on the 31st of January.
What is a SBC Cluster?
A Single Board Computer (SBC) cluster refers to a group of single-board computers that are interconnected to work together as a unified computing system. Each single-board computer is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, typically with a processor, memory, storage, and various other components. When these SBCs are connected in a cluster, they can collectively perform tasks that would be challenging for a single board to handle alone. Clustering allows for parallel processing, where multiple computers work on different parts of a task simultaneously, potentially speeding up computation.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience with HPC, enhancing technical skills and preparing for industry challenges.
Frequently Asked Questions
We will be updating this section with more questions and answers.
Ready to sign up?
Everyone is welcome to join the competition, and be part of our community!
