Sean, 2015-03-20 17:15 GMT+01:00 Leyne, Sean <s...@broadviewsoftware.com>: > In the case of the PHI, having up to 61* "helper" processors which could be > responsible for performing sorting/grouping for *any* running query (so a > shared resource) would provide significant benefit. In the case of the PHI, > each processor is a full x86 instance, so unlike GPU based solutions no > specialized instructions set would be required. > that's the theory, but not the reality using Ph mean using Intel software that cost a lot and for what I saw not really perfoming better than GPU. but I don't see any usage for Firebird here. I aggree with Jim
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