Those big monsters aren't really good for calculating Pi, but they are good for weather forecasts. That's all about grid processing, and the smaller the grid length the better the forecast. And that's where the huge parallellism comes in.
This is how my PC felt when I went to 8 core, 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD.
A Nehalem-based processor?
What processor do you have?
Doing a little studying on processor design architecture, Intel alone has so many models, so many design processes, overwhelming looking at the broad picture.
One of these days they are going to run out of material, idea's, silicon or something. Micro architecture has reached it's limits to be dependable. If Intel and others have reached a speed bump, what is next?
I want to aquire a fast Intel Xeon processor, even if it is just to look at behind glass. I spent way to much money on software (Games), to get interested in system speed again. And looking at modern gaming specs, I would have to take out a loan on the house.
A good question to forum members: Whats in your box? (CPU Only)
I got my laptop in Lynuxmint Cinnamon 64, and love it. I am sorry I waited so long before doing this. But after reading about supercomputing, if it's good enough for scientists and engineers, why not try it. Now I'm able to easily snatch what I need off the corrupted OS.
I guess where an expense will come in is application's like a video editor. I feel like I went off grid or have been liberated. The first thing out of the box, it wasn't wanting me to connect to the internet for a long update. It will never go on the net again.
It will be nice to have this more capable machine back in the living room next to my easy chair again.
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A Nehalem-based processor?
What processor do you have?
Doing a little studying on processor design architecture, Intel alone has so many models, so many design processes, overwhelming looking at the broad picture.
One of these days they are going to run out of material, idea's, silicon or something. Micro architecture has reached it's limits to be dependable. If Intel and others have reached a speed bump, what is next?
I want to aquire a fast Intel Xeon processor, even if it is just to look at behind glass. I spent way to much money on software (Games), to get interested in system speed again. And looking at modern gaming specs, I would have to take out a loan on the house.
A good question to forum members: Whats in your box? (CPU Only)
The Surface Pro I use most of the time = Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.5GHz - 8GB RAM
I thought that went in the dumpster. I can stop looking now.
Ah, there is a funny story behind that....more later.
Or what I'm settled with temporary, easy to carry anyway.
I wonder if there's a gamer out there with this in their desktop.
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 Eighteen-Core Broadwell Processor 2.3GHz 9.6GT/s 45MB
$2,449.99
http://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2016/12/08/qualcomm-challenges-intel-chip-leadership-with-10nm-server-and-windows-10-announcement/#2527f7431c09
Dang, I'd like to just see a example of the socket.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/qualcomm-unveils-chip-to-attack-intel-server-stronghold-1481113804
EDIT: Right from the mouth.
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2016/12/07/meet-qualcomm-centriq-2400-worlds-first-10-nanometer-server-processor
What pin was that?
I guess where an expense will come in is application's like a video editor. I feel like I went off grid or have been liberated. The first thing out of the box, it wasn't wanting me to connect to the internet for a long update. It will never go on the net again.
It will be nice to have this more capable machine back in the living room next to my easy chair again.