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I was looking through the BOINC stats pages when I noticed that there were a couple systems like this. Now, I had not heard of a Xeon X7560, but look at the core count on that system. Googling "xeon x7560" brings up this page. So if there are 4 CPUs and 64 cores that's (let's see, 4, 12, carry the one, divide by pi, integrate) 16 threads per CPU! So, is anyone else as intrigued as me about why these are showing up in BOINC, and when we can wrestle them from the hands of IBM and Intel?
the boards, not even counting the cost of the chips, must be insanely priced.
I am sure you are right servl-but a lot of us here are a little insane
It's not running on a 64-socket motherboard, it's probably a cluster.
It is a quad-socket board running 4 X5670's I presume.Quote:
Originally Posted by xoqolatl
8 Cores/16 threads x 4 = 32 cores, 64 threads ;)
Find a socket 1567 board and I maybe can find some chips :up:
Dumb me, I thought it was a Dunnington.
I see now that it is Beckton:doh: Don't know why I didn't think of that before.Quote:
Originally Posted by tool_462
Since when has not having a mobo stopped someone from buying a CPU that most don't have?
I did point out that it was 4 sockets and 16 threads per CPU. Of course, I WAS looking for clusters;)Quote:
Originally Posted by xoqolatl
yeah its beckinton.Quote:
Originally Posted by xoqolatl
i know jcool is gona nail me for calling it that...
i keep calling them backintons..
<cough cough> :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptMorgan
They can be Beowulfs..
Since forever :p: Intel chips are floating around MONTHS before you can find boards for them, even if you have "sources" (I'm talking new socket stuff.)Quote:
Originally Posted by jspace
I've seen it (and done it). Just ask NeaKuh:D
:p:Quote:
Originally Posted by NaeKuh
OT: Me wants.
Why do you want the old 8 core chips that need registered memory to run jcool. You really want the X5670 6 core Xeons that are running at 3.33 ghz don't ya?
By the way since the X5670's are nehalems you can run them on X58 mb's or the new EVGA dual socket board coming out
Beckton will be available in quad-socket boards :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by kg4icg
Word on the street is there might be an expansion board available for more than 4 sockets (6?) total :)
Edit: and X5670's are only 2.93Ghz, X5680's are the top of the line 3.33Ghz chips.
Why does it have to be either/or? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kg4icg
Of course I am getting at least one of the DP evga boads, probably with X5680's tho :p:
And those "old" 8 core, 16 thread per CPU Becktons are by no means slow, plus Quad socket = p0rn which means I want them :p:
pron bastagge :). Nice spirit my friend!Quote:
Originally Posted by jcool
So when are they coming out and at what price? I want me some of those!
I'd rather get a used car for that:)Quote:
Originally Posted by vitchilo
No. Dual-socket = p0rn.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcool
Quad-socket = 0rgy.
Good day guys and gals.
I just got 4 of these processors from Intel directly. Although getting a board to put them into is not going to happen for a bit. Major OEM's have systems available - Dell, HP, Cray etc and can be gotten as we speak - so to speak :)
SuperMicro and Quanta are the only ODM's that Intel has specifically licensed to make these boards to sell to the retail community. You can see the SuperMicro boards here -->http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...8QB6.cfm?SAS=Y
I for one can't wait to get my hands on one as soon as they are available and to use it on BOINC. Although I'm a S@H fan there might be some extra cores to go around :)
Look to S@H shortly under user name Todd Hebert and you will see these in a few weeks as I have already pre-ordered the system. Should go along with two GTX-480's very nicely.
Regards!
See that name DC Maniak there? Servl = Dc Maniak :cool: He has been INSANE for longer than most of us have been alive :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptMorgan
Just wanted to point that out :up:
http://stats.free-dc.org/charts/team...bwcg&team=8674
Ok now you can go back to your geek pr0n :rolleyes:
Took a look at your stats, very nice!:clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by WIN95GUI
Well thank you! Ranked Third in the world for RAC - was at #2 for a few months and the GDE came along - from where I don't know.
The new rig should be going in about 2-3 weeks when they finally decide to ship the board. I could have had Intel ship the CPU's directly to SuperMicro and I would have gotten the system by now but I didn't want a development board.
Todd
Hi,Quote:
Originally Posted by WIN95GUI
The problem I see with the X7560's is first cost, almost $3800.00 each, then electrical cost. Was reading a quad socket 1567 with 4 of them in it was pulling 1300W ast 100% load.. Dear Lord!:rofl:
Hmmmmm, what a coincidence, I'll be staying in Chippewa Falls over the summer... perhaps that means I'll need to stop down and take some of the system's burden off of you :wasntme: :D
Fisr of all :clap::clap: for such a rig :up::up:
Dave, problems have to be split into pieces :p::p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
the $3.8k is out of my bi-annual -global spending BUT the 1.3 kw ain´t an issue ( go and break Francoise´s state of mind and send 4 of those to the jungle.. errr.. to my place :p::p::p::p: j/k)
holy crap bat man!Quote:
Originally Posted by WIN95GUI
i almost choked on my philly cheesesteak from penn station
and at the same time i went from shriveled and hanging to the left to a fricken volcano!
i should have never clicked on that link
here is a link to intels ark for specs on the X7560
8 cores 16 threads on that quad socket board
you end up with a mind blowing 32 cores and 64 threads
and the volcano erupted again
i would pay the energy bill to have that machine run Boinc for me gladly
thats just orgsmic!!!!!
These 8C/16T CPUs are monsters, specially when you consider the quad-socket capability. Nothing can beat such a beast, but, and that's a big butt :slapass:, they have 3 disadvantages compared to double-socket X56xx, in my opinion.
There is no MB for OCing these.
CPU cost, $3800.00 each
Operation cost, and power usage. These are not 32nm, and eat power.
Should only be one more generation and they'll be 32nm or smaller. Worth the wait IMHO.
yeah but any company that needs 32 cores and 64 threads really doesnt care about power usage
they really arent trying to be 'green'
they just want the power
No doubt about it is that cost is a factor - unless you "need" that kind of speed and memory bandwidth. The main feature to these processors is that you can access 1TB of RAM with 4 Processors or 2TB with 8. These are not made for the desktop by any means and really only have application in the datacenter for a server consolidation running maybe a 100 VM's or huge databases.
I work in a specialized field that allows me to get these items for no cost as evalutations for Intel. It is only because of this fact that I have them. Intel does reward their perferred customers and we are already looking to sell 6 of these servers to clients. It is essential that we have evaluation units to promote to our customers. We beat the heck out of them and try and make them break - if we kill one or two - we get replacements.
Power consumption is really not that bad at 130watts each - 520 watts for four processors with 64 threads is only 8.125 watts per thread at max. That is a very good margin. You do however have to factor in loss in the power supplies, HDD's (Or in our case SSD's) Video Adapters if you are going to crunch (Servers however don't need this ability) and the memory and that is 1.5v or 1.35v lower power type DDR3. Gone are the days of the FB-Dimm's that used 8 watts each!
Todd
it dosent need much power, just a 24 pin, and 4 8 pin :shocked:
but the 256gb of onboard memory is nice though :D