Putting a Slug to Work

Konstantin Läufer; George K. Thiruvathukal; Ryohei Nishimura; Carlos Ramirez Martinez-Eiroa

doi:10.1109/MCSE.2009.35

Putting a Slug to Work

Konstantin Läufer, George K. Thiruvathukal, Ryohei Nishimura, Carlos Ramirez Martinez-Eiroa

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

In this article, the authors explore various uses of inexpensive embedded Linux devices such as the Linksys NSLU2 ("slug"). Embedded computing is a topic of growing interest. Although novel architectures such as cell processors, graphics processors (GPUs), and FPGAs are growing in popularity, conventional microproessor designs such as Intel's Xscale (ARM) and Atom pack a punch in a small footprint, not to mention being widely supported by commodity operating system and development tools. We're convinced that this entire space is a tool worth keeping in the scientific programmer's and software developer's toolchests.

Original language	American English
Journal	Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2009.35
State	Published - Mar 1 2009

Keywords

Scientific programming
slug
NSLU2
embedded systems
distributed systems

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Computer Sciences

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