Building a Tiny Supercomputer to beat college students

It's clusterin' time! Time to compare my cluster to SBCC student clusters, that is.

Mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links):

- DeskPi Super4c: https://amzn.to/4nau3nR
- Waveshare HomeRack: https://amzn.to/4w0wBc5
- Waveshare HomeRack Touch Display Mount: https://amzn.to/4w5DFV6
- Tripp-Lite BC600R mini UPS: https://amzn.to/4vQVA1w
- Raspberry Pi Cluster Ansible repo: https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-cluster
- Top500 HPL Project: https://github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark
- SBCC 2026 Competition and Results: https://sbcc.sdsc.edu/main-page.html
- Project MINI RACK: https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com

Thanks to DeskPi for sending the Super4C to test, and Waveshare for sending a prototype HomeRack to test. See all the Mini Rack parts I've tested and cataloged here: https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com

And see all the CM5 and CM4 boards I've tested and cataloged here: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/boards_cm

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Contents:

00:00 - The competition
00:18 - DeskPi's Super4C
01:50 - A bad value
02:26 - A true cluster board
02:56 - Waveshare's new mini HomeRack
03:49 - Mini rack touch display
04:38 - And a mini UPS!
04:52 - Remote cluster management
06:01 - Scientific cluster benchmarking
07:00 - Efficiency
07:28 - Student Cluster HPL battle
08:19 - How do they win?
08:52 - The real fun of SBC clusters