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Products that do what Intel Compute Stick does

Connect. Compute. It’s that Simple.

1. 1SV
   Simple virtual machine, assembler, and C compiler▲99

   2016 · github.com

2. 2AS
   A simple Unix-like operating system that runs Doom▲233

   2019 · github.com

3. 315
   1.5kb Microkernel for Ben Eater's 6502 Computer▲230

   2020 · github.com

4. 4WS
   Workstation – Showcase Your Setup▲206

   2019 · workstation.is

5. 5H3
   Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]▲253

   2016 · youtube.com

6. 6HF
   H2 Forth CPU▲120

   2019 · github.com

7. 7
   Microsoft Azure Notebooks▲88

   Sharing your ideas made easy

   2016

8. 8
   VoCore▲75

   A coin-sized Linux computer with wifi

   2014

9. 9XA
   xOS – a 32-bit OS for the PC▲115

   2016 · github.com

10. 10AS
    A small virtual machine written in C▲212

    2014 · github.com

11. 11
    Keepod▲73

    A $7 bootable OS to connect the 3rd world!

    2014

12. 12
    Thunder Compute (YC S24)▲116

    Self-host AI/ML with the world's cheapest GPU cloud

    2025

13. 13OC
    Online challenge: Build a CPU from scratch▲143

    2018 · nandgame.com

14. 14
    Spark▲85

    Build internet-connected hardware.

    2014

15. 15UB
    Use BIOS ram hacks to make an SSH server for MS-DOS, INT 10 13h OS's▲65

    2014 · github.com

16. 16
    everything.io▲59

    The Operating System for Your Stuff

    2014

17. 17TP
    Turing Pi 2 – a compact ARM cluster with 32 GB RAM▲109

    2020 · turingpi.com

18. 18
    wafer▲93

    Wafer is the GPU dev stack that lives inside your IDE

    Dec 2025

19. 19AS
    A simple scheduler for running jobs on GPUs▲60

    2019 · github.com

20. 20A1
    A 16-bit Forth machine written in VHDL▲80

    2014 · github.com

21. 21TI
    Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser▲64

    2017 · tux.io

22. 22KL
    Kumologica – Low-Code Integration Toolkit for Serverless Compute▲49

    2020 · kumologica.com

23. 23LE
    LoWe – Extending the functionality of Ubuntu running on Windows 10▲34

    2016 · github.com

24. 24RS
    Run `SSH bitbop.io`, get a personal GPU dev machine▲7

    Hi HN! I've been hacking on this side project for the last month or two with the goal of making it dead simple to use cloud GPUs. I ran into this problem personally during the phd, and built my own tooling around it. I always thought it'd be fun to try to turn that tooling into a more general product... and bitbop.io is the result! All you have to do is run `ssh bitbop.io`, and you get your own personal dev GPU workstation in the cloud. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

    2024 · twitter.com

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