platform for number crunching

[Michael Tewner]

Hi Shimon -

I would like to point out that (as Nadav did already) that perhaps (if this
is early enough in the development cycle), a GPU might be a good choice.
Even your *current* off-the-shelf graphics card might be "faster" that your
4-core CPU for certain types of computations. For only a few hundred
shekels, you can get a MUCH faster GPU, and for a few thousand shekels, you
can get a whole rack's worth of x86 compute power in a 1U case.
Perhaps you will save money now if you have someone who is familiar with
"number crunching" hardware take a look.

-MIke


On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Shimon Panfil <info at industrialphys.com>wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
> I'm looking for affordable workstation for heavy number crunching, not
> x86-64 multicore. It seems that multicore systems have problems with cooling
> (physically it is pretty clear). My current amd-64 4-core machine works fine
> only if less than 2 cores have 100% load. Rougly 2*100 work 20 min before
> temperature becomes high, 4*100 can last couple of minuts only. Last year I
> have already burned  processor and do not want repeat the experience.
>
> I'll be glad to know my options other than open the box and add fans or set
> air conditioner in my working place to very low temperature.
>
> --
> Shimon Panfil: Industrial Physics and Simulations
> http://industrialphys.com
>
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