Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

drcode wrote: post #3

jerkstate wrote: post #2

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

Huh, what ever happened to Beowulf clusters... I guess they were superseded by the whole Hadoop and mapreduce stuff...

We just started calling them clusters.

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by tareqak » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 1:29 AM UTC

Quote from the end: "perhaps importantly, there is no warranty from Intel. This means that system builders will not be able to recoup costs on dead silicon, but they might give their own warranty to end users."

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by chrisseaton » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 1:50 AM UTC

drcode wrote: post #3

jerkstate wrote: post #2

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

Huh, what ever happened to Beowulf clusters... I guess they were superseded by the whole Hadoop and mapreduce stuff...

Beowulf was about the hardware and the interconnect - both being commodity. Not about the software. Most Hadoop etc runs on Beowulf I’d imagine.

Clusters used to use more custom hardware and interconnects - that’s now the exception rather than the norm. You still find that in some HPC situations but most people manage with commodity cloud.

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by walshemj » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 1:58 AM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #6

drcode wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh, what ever happened to Beowulf clusters... I guess they were superseded by the whole Hadoop and mapreduce stuff...

Beowulf was about the hardware and the interconnect - both being commodity. Not about the software. Most Hadoop etc runs on Beowulf I’d imagine. Clusters used to use more custom hardware and interconnects - that’s now the exception rather than the norm. You still find that in some HPC situations but most people manage with commodity cloud.

Depends on cluster design and size big ones use exotic interconnects not your traditional network design

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by noipv4 » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 2:19 AM UTC

jerkstate wrote: post #2

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

Just build the same cluster with threadripeers add 1 or 2 extra nodes and you should be even without getting involved in auction and stuff

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by doesnt_know » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 2:23 AM UTC

tareqak wrote: post #5

Quote from the end: "perhaps importantly, there is no warranty from Intel. This means that system builders will not be able to recoup costs on dead silicon, but they might give their own warranty to end users."

This would be a pretty significant liability for builders in countries that have automatic consumer protections (eg: Consumer Guarantees Act in NZ). The builders would have to eat the costs of faulty units.

Re: Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only

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Post by gruez » Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 2:24 AM UTC

tareqak wrote: post #5

Quote from the end: "perhaps importantly, there is no warranty from Intel. This means that system builders will not be able to recoup costs on dead silicon, but they might give their own warranty to end users."

Not even implied warranty? Surely intel can't sell broken chips?