On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:34:26AM +0800, Stuart Midgley wrote: > In 2019 when Intel releases their 1024core chip, still at 2.5GHz with > 256GB dimm memory, a lot of people will be surprised that linux works
Ain't going to work. Arguably doesn't work already beyond 8 cores in a single socket. Will have to do with embedded memory or stacked 3d memory a la http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~loh/Papers/isca2008-3Ddram.pdf > and has done so at that size since the start of the century. A lot of > people will, in some way, be greatful that SGI pushed linux so far. > > I, personally, think that Rackable and SGI will be a strong worldwide > company and I look forward to being able to purchase from them. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
