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nealr

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4. more cores are the best cores

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 06:34 AM

Jul 2024

I have an elderly, shaky HP Z420 workstation right now - a twelve core machine that is now twelve years old. The logical replacement is a fourteen core Z440 that would be only eight or nine years old ... but I light up all twelve so rarely I just don't care in terms of speed. Twenty eight seems like massive overkill, unless you've got a very specific application for it.

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We're gonna learn lots of new Greek numbers -- Intel is already selling "octacosacore" CPUs for servers. [View all] eppur_se_muova Jul 2024 OP

Oooh, I want one! lastlib Jul 2024 #1

Price tag to go with. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2024 #2

Why I just want one..... lastlib Jul 2024 #3

more cores are the best cores nealr Jul 2024 #4

I do a lot of numerical/scientific computing, so I'm used to 98%+ utilization of whatever's there. eppur_se_muova Jul 2024 #5