High-End Server Chips Breaking Records

[Osiris]

High-End Server Chips Breaking Records

Ever see an eight core processor that manages 32 threads, has 32MB of L3 cache, a die size of almost one square inch and a $10,000 price tag? Now you have:

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[Nubbleet]

Wow. Now that's a CPU! Lol

 

[philbar71]

$10,000 seems a little high considering that intel has 6 core server CPU's for $2300,

Newegg.com - Intel Xeon E7450 Dunnington 2.4GHz 3 x 3MB shared L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache Socket 604 90W Six-Core Server Processor - Processors - Servers

 

[Apokalipse]

There are also the $999 6-core Istanbul chips
Newegg.com - AMD Opteron 2435 Istanbul 2.6GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket F 115W Six-Core Server Processor - Processors - Servers
you couyld buy 10 of them for $10,000
Or you could buy 52 Phenom II 955's at $189 each and still have change

 

[Hussein19891]

Yeah but 52 955's will consume much more watts then a single 8 core chip : /

The Opteron doesn't seem like a bad deal though.

 

[kmote]

A car is considerably cheaper than a tank but if you are going to invade Paris the choice is obvious.

 

[Kharn]

Tom your boundless dislike for the French never ceases to amaze me.

 

[kmote]

Nah. I love the French. It was actually a bit of a double reference (Top Gear and Spaced) as well as demonstrating my point.

 

[Hussein19891]

Tom your boundless dislike for the French never ceases to amaze me.

It entertains me.

Besides you could probably invade France with a pair of box cutters.

 

[Slaymate]

It entertains me.

Besides you could probably invade France with a pair of box cutters.

They probably won't care about the box cutters, but I bet you could scare alot of them with some clean bath water.