On Wednesday 16 August 2006 16:44, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > Lourens Veen wrote: > > There has been some discussion here before on a video card/X server > > using an Ethernet connection. I just came across this device: > > http://www.movidis.com/products/rev.asp > > > > 16 64-bit MIPS cores and hardware accelerated TCP/IP and > > encryption. One core for running the X server, the rest for > > rendering. Well I suppose the 16-core version would be overkill > > (and too expensive) for most applications, but it sure is an > > interesting idea. Reminds me of Chuck Moore's 25X as well, except > > that it's much more powerful. > > One large problem: 50 Watts.
As I said, the 16-core version would be overkill for many applications. If you want a lot of rendering performance, 50 Watts may be very reasonable (today's top of the line video cards eat much more than that). If not, then you'll use one with less cores. The single-core CN30XX processors use 2-4 W, and the dual core CN31XX 4-7 W. It's the 4-16-way family that are in the 10-30W range. Lourens
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