On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Mark Hahn <h...@mcmaster.ca> wrote: > It may depend on how many you are trying to get. We have a new cluster here >> with about 80 nodes with four per node. I got a singe development node >> from >> another supplier last week. >> > > do you mean it's easier to get large quantities? that is the impression > I'm getting. we have two nvidia clusters, and unfortunately > are out-of-phase to fund a new phi cluster. but spending 5-20k > on phi is doable, except that they seem to have no "street" > (reseller) presence at all. > > colfax lists them, but only in systems. I'm not really clear on why > I can't just buy one and drop it into an existing system. it's not like > hot pcie cards are anything new... > > thanks, mark.
I think that Intel may want a few high profile installs done while supply is still tight, but that is purely my speculation. When I called about getting a single card, I did not find any sellers unless I bought a server as well. It turns out that you need a compatible motherboard. Supermicro has a helpful list of there models here: http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/Xeon_Phi.cfm Our six month old systems were not compatible. Scott
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