
At least, that's what the photos show. Does it run when you put in seven Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5s? And how are thermals, power, and performance?
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Contents:
00:00 - It's tiny
00:39 - First look at the NanoCluster
03:02 - IO and a RISC-V network switch
04:25 - Tiny LM3H SoMs
05:39 - CM4/CM5 Adapter boards
07:05 - eMMC vs Lite considerations
09:07 - PoE++ First Boot
09:47 - Power and cooling testing
11:00 - Accidentally discovering redundant power supplies
12:51 - Watch the hand, Jeff
14:20 - Fan noise, cooling performance
15:45 - Viewer questions
16:43 - Power consumption
17:18 - How fast is networking?
17:32 - K3s and kubernetes performance
17:50 - How fast? (featuring MPI and HPL)
18:47 - Distributed Llama
19:31 - distcc for speedy Arm compile times?
19:59 - Ceph distributed filesystem
20:16 - Other CM4 clone compatibility
20:35 - Actual use cases
21:09 - Gaming on a cluster?
21:37 - Strong opinions