Intel Previews Intel Xeon 'Nehalem-EX' Processor

[DrPepper]

break in?



A tray:
http://origin.arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/via-isaiah.media/C7Tray.jpg

Just like the tray in which the baker stores/transports muffins.

Those are tasty muffins

he may let me take one for a weekend i am trying really hard and be as persuasive as i can

And I'm assuming we can expect benchies

 

[btarunr]

Those are tasty muffins

So when you come across "1000 unit tray quantity" they mean a stack of those trays that amount for 1000 pieces. "Cheaper by the dozen thousands"

 

[DrPepper]

So when you come across "1000 unit tray quantity" they mean a stack of those trays that amount for 1000 pieces. "Cheaper by the dozen thousands"

I feel sorry for anyone who's dropped 1000 pieces One day I'm going to buy a 1000 unit tray for bragging rights

 

[FordGT90Concept]

So does Nehalem-EX mark the end of Itanium? :|

 

[cdawall]

Those are tasty muffins



And I'm assuming we can expect benchies

of course when don't i run benchmarks

 

[DrPepper]

of course when don't i run benchmarks

While in the crapper ?

 

[Woody112]

What do you do that needs 128 threads

Build a terminator!

 

[DrPepper]

Build a terminator!

Build skynet

 

[Disparia]

So does Nehalem-EX mark the end of Itanium? :|

Nope. In fact the next Itanium core will incorporate current technologies such as QPI and Hyperthreading.

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

Need more reasons? Reasons? Who needs reasons? Enthusiast gflop junkies dont need logical reasons, just emotions.

Exactly.

Reasons are for PR departments.

 

[cdawall]

While in the crapper ?

no my shit is clocked at 4.2ghz

 

[DrPepper]

no my shit is clocked at 4.2ghz

Must need a LN2 cooled toilet to handle the high temperatures

 

[Wile E]

I feel sorry for anyone who's dropped 1000 pieces One day I'm going to buy a 1000 unit tray for bragging rights

I wish I could, just so I could bin out the best for myself, then sell the rest at a profit. lol.

While in the crapper ?

I can remote desktop or VNC into the machine from my phone. Yes, I can even bench on the crapper.

At any rate, I'm anxious to see 8 core desktop cpus. I'm gonna try to hold out for a while on upgrades until they come out.

 

[Deleted member 3]

So does Nehalem-EX mark the end of Itanium? :|

Why? What does have Itanium have to do with anything? Nehalem-EX is just the new Xeon MP.

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

I can remote desktop or VNC into the machine from my phone. Yes, I can even bench on the crapper.

I can too.

Nerf iPhones.

 

[DrPepper]

I wish I could, just so I could bin out the best for myself, then sell the rest at a profit. lol.



I can remote desktop or VNC into the machine from my phone. Yes, I can even bench on the crapper.

At any rate, I'm anxious to see 8 core desktop cpus. I'm gonna try to hold out for a while on upgrades until they come out.

Exactly what was going through my mind Just sell them on XS or here . Also benching while on the crapper is just revolutionary

 

[Wile E]

Exactly what was going through my mind Just sell them on XS or here . Also benching while on the crapper is just revolutionary

Gotta love the iPhone. lol.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Why? What does have Itanium have to do with anything? Nehalem-EX is just the new Xeon MP.

Because 128-core Xeon MP is rivaling the peak of Itanium 2. Itanium 2 isn't exactly wildly successful either. I just wonder what the future looks like for Itanium 2.

Only the SGI Altix 4000 could really rival a eight-way Nehalem-EX machine.

Edit: Sounds like Itanium 2 will see a Nehalem-based processor (QPI and Hyperthreading):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukwila_(processor)

 

[PCpraiser100]

Benchmarks please before my head explodes!!!!!!

 

[Disparia]

Beckton pron (click for full):



-edit-

That would make for one mean workstation... double QPI! Even the Boxboro's have a QPI link.

 

[El Fiendo]

First off, Dan's avatar. Why are the sheep gone?!

Second, 128 threads on a server board. If I were to use the VM Ware Folding client, and 2 threads per instance, I could have 64 instances running. And seeming how Nehalems haven't shown a slow down when loaded down with these clients in the past and assuming I can get around the 2k they pull per client that's around 128,000 PPD CPU power alone. And FaH is less efficient than WCG on the CPU so you'd see even more power in crunching. Its too bad these would cost so much, someone could build a very viable supercomputer very, very easily.

 

[Disparia]

For ease of maintenance and a slightly higher PPD, could just run linux directly on it, than configure multiple clients for 4 or 8-way SMP.

 

[El Fiendo]

Well yes, but I'm not entirely certain what graphics solutions exist on the motherboards. If its got PCI-E slots than you better believe I'd be slapping in some GTX ___. And from what I recall, getting the GPU2 clients working under Linux is harder than getting the VM Ware client to run in Windows. Also, I don't believe there was an increase in 4 or 8 way SMP. Not enough to justify them over the use of 2 threads per instance anyways.

 

[Disparia]

Yeah, if you wanted to do GPU as well, go with Windows. If you're 100% for Folding, than put on VMware Server and go to town with Folding clients. Otherwise, BOINC/WCG on CPU and Folding on GPU's would be the easiest IMO, and yields massive points for both teams.

As for PCIe, just look at my pics above, 8-way system could easily have 16 PCIe x16 slots

 

[Dippyskoodlez]

That would make for one mean workstation... double QPI! Even the Boxboro's have a QPI link.

Looks conveniently similar to how A64's are set up.