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 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff 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