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This post talks about the Creator CI20 and explains the differences between it and the Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n

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What is the Creator CI20?<\/h2>\n

The Creator CI20 is a small Linux based computer that is similar to the Raspberry Pi. I have been looking at these for a while and decided to add it into the cluster.<\/p>\n

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These were provided by a colleague of mine of whom I am very grateful for giving them.<\/p>\n

What makes it different from a Raspberry Pi?<\/h2>\n

Originally when released the Creator board had a\u00a0mostly comparable processor, RAM and external sockets available. One of the key differences was that the Creator has on-board WiFi and Bluetooth which at the time the Raspberry Pi did not have. However now with the Raspberry Pi B 3+ having onboard WiFi and Bluetooth and a quad-core processor it is now less powerful than the Raspberry Pi B 3+.<\/p>\n

Instead of running Raspbian the Creator CI20 has had Debian 7 and\u00a08 ported to the MIPS processor. I have flashed the NAND with Debian 8 and I plan to do all my testing using this provided I find no issues with it. Since my Raspberry Pi’s are running Raspbian PIXEL which is based on Debian 8 all devices should have no trouble running the base suite of cluster programs I write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CPU<\/strong><\/td>\nDual 1.2GHz\u00a0XBurst\u00a0MIPS32 little endian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/strong><\/td>\n1 Gbyte DDR3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Base\u00a0NAND Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n8 Gbyte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nPowerVR SGX540<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/strong><\/td>\nHardware video decoder up to 1080p60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

One of few differences is that it has a PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor.\u00a0This graphics brand has, until recently, been well known for having been in all the previous iPhones\/iPads and for its high performance. This\u00a0allegedly allows it to easily play back 1080p video. This will be something that I intend to test in a variety of ways to see the precise performance of the device.<\/p>\n

How does this improve the cluster?<\/h2>\n

With adding this MIPS Linux board the Raspberry Pi cluster becomes slightly impure. Since its performance is, as far as I can see so far, comparable to the Raspberry Pi 3 I wont see it making a massive difference to the computing power, merely to add another node. Therefore in all future tests, I will be including it alongside the Raspberry Pi’s as a new node.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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