X86 Has to Go Away, Revolution is Necessary
Sometimes I visit big vendors’ presentations where they talk about their new servers. The audience — systems administrators, engineers, technicians — are listening very carefully, trying to grasp every...
View ArticleIntel MIC, aka Xeon Phi, aka Doubtful Creativity
They created a monster. It contains enough cores to be a computer on its own — yet it needs to be plugged into a “real” computer, and acts only as an accelerator. It’s cores are based on P54C...
View ArticleMemory Bandwidth for Intel Xeon Phi (And Friends)
John D. McCalpin, Ph.D., informally known as “Dr. Bandwidth” for his invention of STREAM memory bandwidth benchmark, posted STREAM results for Intel Xeon Phi and two Xeon-based servers made by Dell...
View ArticleUsing Eight Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors for Asteroid Simulation
Colfax International is a US-based IT equipment and solution provider. What’s so special about them is that their web-based retail shop, Colfax Direct, lists thousands of items ready to be shipped, and...
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