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To: fastpathguru who wrote (197021)5/16/2006 8:44:12 AM
From: TechieGuy-altRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Actually, from what I could see on the "Clearspeed" web site- this company makes accelerator CPU's that go on PCI-X plugin boards- so they could also plug into SGI's Intel's x64 computers.

However, the HT interface accelerator on a chip- plug into a spare Opteron socket is much cleaner interface- not to mention an order of mag more CPU to accelerator bandwidth.

Those are the real accelerators- disruptive tech to watch, where regular Joe's (gamers, etc) will be able to buy an accelerator chip for ~<$250 to give an afterburner boost to ordinary apps like 3D games, physics engines, rendenring speedup engines etc.

This HPC stuff is quite low volume (in the grand scheme of things) and not disruptive.

TG



To: fastpathguru who wrote (197021)5/16/2006 11:33:13 AM
From: dougSF30Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
You mean 4 socket DC Opti systems as nodes? It depends on the HPC app, but (modulo the accelerator thing, which I grant is a good point), why would those beat a machine with 2 times the number of 2-socket (DC) Woodcrest nodes?


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