[Beowulf] Thought that this might be of interest

Chris Samuel csamuel at vpac.org
Mon Nov 6 18:29:03 PST 2006


On Tuesday 07 November 2006 02:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

> So until end 2007 the core2 annihilates any opteron system.

In my experience with both architectures it depends on what you want out of a 
box, and what you're running on it, as well as your power constraints..

There is a good reason that the Apple Woodcrest boxes I've seen have heat 
sinks on their FB-DIMMs..

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