By: Brendan (btrotter.delete@this.gmail.com), January 21, 2017 8:36 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Hi,
Robert David Graham (robert_david_graham.delete@this.yahoo.com) on January 21, 2017 5:34 pm wrote:
> Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on January 20, 2017 8:55 pm wrote:
> I think the issue is less dumb nationalism than the dumb belief that ARM
> will deliver better performance/watt for supercomputer applications.
If the goal is to explore alternative paths to a supercomputer; then "standard Xeon with better perf/watt" fails to meet the project's goals; and "freaky CPU nobody ever heard of (with extremely bad perf/watt)" might successfully meet the project's goals.
- Brendan
Robert David Graham (robert_david_graham.delete@this.yahoo.com) on January 21, 2017 5:34 pm wrote:
> Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on January 20, 2017 8:55 pm wrote:
> I think the issue is less dumb nationalism than the dumb belief that ARM
> will deliver better performance/watt for supercomputer applications.
If the goal is to explore alternative paths to a supercomputer; then "standard Xeon with better perf/watt" fails to meet the project's goals; and "freaky CPU nobody ever heard of (with extremely bad perf/watt)" might successfully meet the project's goals.
- Brendan