In Part 1, I compared the performance and cost of Intel Cascade Lake versus AMD Rome. In Part 2, I compared these against Amazonโs own Graviton1 CPU. In this article, I benchmarked Ampere Computingโs eMAG, available on Packet.com.
As you know, Iโve done a lot of OpenBMC builds on my AMD Ryzen desktop PC, as well as my Surface Pro 6. I decided to tackle the same builds on Amazon Web Services (AWS), on virtual machines based on the Intel Cascade Lake CPU, as well as the AMD EPYC 7000. Which one is faster and cheaper?
In my spare time, I was doing some OpenBMC Yocto builds on my Linux machines, and decided I wanted to copy these files over to my Windows PC. Little did I know how complicated this could be.
In Episode 2 of the Basys Chronicles, I configured (programmed) the Artix-7 FPGA with a simple Binary-to-Decimal calculator application, through the USB-JTAG port. But, power down the Basys 3, and it goes back to the Built-In Self Test that comes with the board. This week, I flashed the calculator configuration into the nonvolatile SPI flash, making it the default boot-up configuration.
In the Basys Chronicles Episode 1, I started to learn about FPGA programming using Xilinxโs Vivado tool and the Digilent Basys 3 Trainer Board. Now, after a few weeks (okay, time flies; itโs been almost two months), Iโve made some good headway in understanding FPGA architecture and creating some interesting designs that do useful things.
Over the last two and a half years, I've intermittently chronicled my explorations into some fairly esoteric technical topics, using the MinnowBoard Turbot board as a platform. And yes, time flies, and I've covered a lot of ground. All 45 chapters are listed below. Enjoy!
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