I recently went to ISC16 for their Student Cluster Competition, and one of the challenges was to create our “own implementation of Graph500 to run on a cluster.” If you don’t know about the Student Cluster Competition, they are cluster competitions where student teams work with vendors to create a cluster and optimize high performance scientific applications to be run under 3000 watts of power on real datasets. Graph500 is a rating of supercomputer systems focused on data intensive loads....
Category: Nvidia
How to Setup CUDA 7.0 on NVIDIA Jetson TX1 with JetPack – Detailed
The most recent version of NVIDIA JetPack is 2.2., which supports the NVIDIA Jetson TX1 and Jetson TK1. The big news is that the latest version of JetPack 2.2 turns the userspace to 64 bit! In earlier versions of JetPack, the kernel was 64 bit, but the userspace was 32 bit apparently from what a source has told me. Now with the userspace at 64 bit, you’ll have an easier time compiling and running arm64 libraries. Note that we’ll be...
How to Install CUDA on NVIDIA Jetson TX1 [Deprecated]
Updated 2016 post – detailed version. (The method shown in this guide is outdated) This guide shows you how to install CUDA on the NVIDIA Jetson TX1. Currently, Nvidia’s Jetpack installer does not work properly. This blog post will show a work-around for getting CUDA to work on the TX1. Download the following files inside a directory first. Here are the two links for the files that you will need to download beforehand: Jetpack installer Deb file for upgrading sources...
Recover Nvidia Android TV Shield Manually
Prerequisites Files needed: Recovery Images This tutorial is for restoring your entire TV Shield in the event something unfortunate happens. In order for this to work, your TV Shield has to be able to boot up and display the Nvidia logo on screen. Otherwise, your TV Shield is bricked, and there is nothing you can do about it. 1. Unplug your power cable and connect a USB OTG cable to your computer. Now, here is the tricky part that...
How to Root Nvidia Android TV Shield
To start, you will need a few tools and files. adb and fastboot (Android SDK tools) SuperSU files. twrp images – credit to Steel01 Make sure to back up your device in the event something goes wrong and preserve any of your data. 1. Once your TV shield is up and running, head over to the settings. 2. Go to About (First Row) and scroll down to “Build Number.” 3. Here, click “Build Number” 7 times. This...
