By: Patrick Chase (patrickjchase.delete@this.gmail.com), August 5, 2014 8:40 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Aaron Spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on August 5, 2014 2:11 am wrote:
> The only way it could really work is to use a QPI enabled part but that puts you into
> a higher range of chips than is used for the vast majority of the mac line.
Intel first would have to license QPI (or whatever future fabric they create from all of that Cray IP) to Apple for that to be a viable path. If we're talking about a Pro-level platform then a low end E5 might not be out of the question.
> The only way it could really work is to use a QPI enabled part but that puts you into
> a higher range of chips than is used for the vast majority of the mac line.
Intel first would have to license QPI (or whatever future fabric they create from all of that Cray IP) to Apple for that to be a viable path. If we're talking about a Pro-level platform then a low end E5 might not be out of the question.
