RE: Future CPUs - 128 threads

2010-02-12 Thread Andrew Duane
owner-freebsd-hack...@freebsd.org wrote: Artem Belevich wrote: Seriously, simply because of curiosity - are MIPS CPUs used in any kind of general purpose machines? I'm not aware of any multi-core general-purpose MIPS box. Low-end MIPS CPUs are ubiquitous in low-end networking gear.

Future CPUs - 128 threads

2010-02-11 Thread Ivan Voras
Recent news: Niagara 3 - 128 hardware threads Power 7 - 32 hardware threads http://tinyurl.com/yznbtqd ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads

2010-02-11 Thread Rayson Ho
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Ivan Voras wrote: Seriously, simply because of curiosity - are MIPS CPUs used in any kind of general purpose machines? Loongson is a MIPS implementation that is used in some nettops and netbooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson Rayson

Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads

2010-02-11 Thread Artem Belevich
Seriously, simply because of curiosity - are MIPS CPUs used in any kind of general purpose machines? I'm not aware of any multi-core general-purpose MIPS box. Low-end MIPS CPUs are ubiquitous in low-end networking gear. High-end multicore MIPS chips are mostly going into mid-to-high end

Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads

2010-02-11 Thread Julian Elischer
Artem Belevich wrote: Seriously, simply because of curiosity - are MIPS CPUs used in any kind of general purpose machines? I'm not aware of any multi-core general-purpose MIPS box. Low-end MIPS CPUs are ubiquitous in low-end networking gear. High-end multicore MIPS chips are mostly going into

Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads

2010-02-11 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2010-Feb-11 20:18:04 +0100, Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org wrote: Recent news: Niagara 3 - 128 hardware threads Power 7 - 32 hardware threads I'm not sure how far off real Niagara-3 based products are but you can buy dual-socket T-2 systems (128 h/w threads) off the shelf. Sun announced some