Yoyo: M Queens for arm64

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We released now also a M Queens app for arm64.

More... (http://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo//all_news.php#310)

[zombie67]

Maybe time to get one of those fancy new Raspberry Pis...

[purplecfh]

Maybe time to get one of those fancy new Raspberry Pis...I picked one up when they launched, but did not install a 64bit os [emoji23]

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[zombie67]

This got me thinking about perhaps building an arm/linux cruncher. But instead of going for the cheapest solution (RP4) which is based on Cortex-A72 (announced in 2015), perhaps there is something more powerful and newer. Are there any boards or computers based on anything more modern than Cortex-A72?

The Snapdragon 845/850 is based on the Cortex-A75 which came out last year. But I find only android devices with it.

Edit: Found one, the Lenovo Yoga C630. Looks like ~$700 new, or ~$500 on eBay. Yikes. That is at least 5 of the 4gb RP4 with all the extras. I guess all that cost is due to things like the display, keyboard, etc. Back to the drawing board.

[purplecfh]

If your looking for a decent arm machine you need too look at thunder x, just don't mind the prices :D

https://www.asacomputers.com/Cavium-ThunderX.html

[purplecfh]

On another note I have my 4 overclocked to 1750mhz running solid for 2 days on universe@home compared to my other pi's

3b avg 8 hours
3b+ avg 7.25 hours
4b stock avg 5 hours
4b @ 1750mhz avg 4.25

[zombie67]

As far as I can tell, unless you want to spend thousands of dollars on a ThunderX2 server, the only alternative is RP4. Finally a 2gb version showed up as available on Amazon, so I bought it. I kinda think they are lying...

[purplecfh]

https://turingpi.com/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=kubernetes&utm_content=23843492201390261Ad+6

This is kind of interesting bit still about $400 for. Full build.

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[zombie67]

My RP4 arrived. Which linux do you all use for crunching? Raspbian, Ubuntu, or...?

[purplecfh]

I'm using raspbian, just be aware it's only has 32bit support.

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[zombie67]

Well nuts. The 32bit raspbian OS mis-identifies the CPU as ARMv7 instead of ARMv8 which is what the RP4 has. Which means that BOINC tells projects that it has the wrong CPU. And I can't find a 64 bit linux. Ubuntu hasn't released their OS for RP4 yet. No ETA either. I think I just bought an expensive paper weight.

[John P. Myers]

Well nuts. The 32bit raspbian OS mis-identifies the CPU as ARMv7 instead of ARMv8 which is what the RP4 has. Which means that BOINC tells projects that it has the wrong CPU. And I can't find a 64 bit linux. Ubuntu hasn't released their OS for RP4 yet. No ETA either. I think I just bought an expensive paper weight.Check Aarch64. Waiting for Raspbian could take years.

[purplecfh]

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8/broadcom/raspberry-pi-4

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[zombie67]

Check Aarch64. Waiting for Raspbian could take years.

I installed Arch. But it also seems to report to BOINC ARMv7.


$ boinccmd --passwd password --get_host_info
timezone: 0
domain name: alarmpi
IP addr: 192.168.2.3
#CPUS: 4
CPU vendor: ARM
CPU model: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l) [Impl 0x41 Arch 7 Variant 0x0 Part 0xd08 Rev 3]
CPU FP OPS: 1949581324.969092
CPU int OPS: 7564296448.547140
CPU mem BW: 1000000000.000000
OS name: Linux Arch Linux ARM
OS version: Arch Linux ARM [4.19.58-1-ARCH|libc 2.29 (GNU libc)]
mem size: 2042261504.000000
cache size: -1.000000
swap size: 0.000000
disk size: 125217406976.000000
disk free: 116754558976.000000

Although now that I look at your post again, I see you spell it with two "a"s. I assumed it was a typo. I googled Aarch64, but I don't understand the results. Are you talking about a flavor of linux or a package to install or...?

[John P. Myers]

I installed Arch. But it also seems to report to BOINC ARMv7.



Although now that I look at your post again, I see you spell it with two "a"s. I assumed it was a typo. I googled Aarch64, but I don't understand the results. Are you talking about a flavor of linux or a package to install or...?

Yes, Aarch wasn't a typo, however now that i'm looking at it again, i can't find the same info i found when i originally posted it. There's a Gentoo 64 that also works but might need a few tweaks. I don't have a RP4 though. Was just trying to be helpful.

[zombie67]

It was worth a try! At least I got experience with a different kind of linux.

For now, I have it OC to 1.6ghz and running Einstein.

[Mumps]

Maybe this would work?

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM


Current stable release

The current stable release for ARMv7 can always be found at the ARM Image landing page
The current stable release for aarch64 can always be found at Alternate Architectures landing page

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