The first image above shows KASY0 (Kentucky ASYmmetric Zero, pronounced "Kay-See Zero"). The second image above is the live view (updated roughly every 45s) from the "supercomputer webcam" which is a Nikon 950 with 183-degree fisheye lens located in the core of KASY0. KASY0 incorporates the world's first Sparse FNN. Like KLAT2 (part of which is visible on the right edge of the first image and toward the door in the second image), which was the first universal FNN, KASY0 has set a new world record for price/performance. KLAT2 was the first machine to achieve better than $1,000/GFLOPS; KASY0 is the first better than $100/GFLOPS. As of August 22, 2003, KASY0 also holds the record for POV-Ray 3.5 rendering speed.

Here are some useful links about KASY0:

• The press release explaining KASY0's record low cost of less than $84 per GFLOPS.
• The new technologies that enable KASY0 to achieve its record price/performance
• The cost of KASY0; a detailed explanation of what parts were used in KASY0 and how much they cost
• The build party for KASY0, July 16, 2003.
  Here's a 10MB animated GIF time-lapse movie of the node assembly process
  Here's an 18MB animated GIF time-lapse movie of the wiring of the SFNN network.
• Here are links to news articles about KASY0
• The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about KASY0

Here's a pretty overview photo of KASY0:

Contact Info

If you have any questions or comments, contact:

Professor Hank Dietz, James F. Hardymon Chair in Networking
College of Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
453 Anderson Tower
(Office 469 Anderson Tower, Labs 672, 695, and 577 Anderson Tower)
Lexington, KY 40506-0046

Office Phone: (859) 257 4701
Fax :         (859) 257 3092
Email: [email protected]
Home URL: http://aggregate.org/hankd/

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