_3D_ FFT scaling will allow you to see how well balanced is the system. Joshua ------ Original Message ------ Received: 07:40 PM CDT, 04/06/2011 From: Mark Hahn <h...@mcmaster.ca> To: Beowulf Mailing List <beowulf@beowulf.org> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Westmere EX
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/05/intel_xeon_e7_launch/ > > > > 10 core Westmere EX on an eight socket box = 80 cores > > These would be a very nice machine. > > shrug. does anyone have serious experience with real apps on manycore > machines? (I'm familiar with SGI boxes, where 80 is fairly ho-hum, > but they're substantially more exotic/rare/expensive.) > > I bet there will be 100x more 4s servers build with these chips than 8s. > and 1000x more 2s than 4s... > > a friend noticed something weird on intel's spec sheets: > http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=53580&processor=E7-8870&spec-codes=SLC3E > > notice it says 32GB max memory size. even if that means 32GB/socket, > it's not all that much. > > I don't know about everyone else, but I'm already bored with core counts ;) > these also seem fairly warm (130W), considering that they're the fancy > new 32nm process and run at modest clock rates... > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
