Does anyone know what processor this is?

[antoipod]

So a cousin of mine gave me this processor as a gift after I told him I built a gaming/editing pc but  I am clueless to what it is, I believe its a server processor. He says it has 61 cores which seems ridiculous. 

Id like to know if I can use it for video editing and rendering and if it can even be used on my pc. My specs: i5 6600k, gtx 970, asus z170-e and windows 10 home 64 bit. I thought intel stopped making slot bassed processors after the pentium 2.

[NrKj105]

its an phi accelerator unit for deep learning
how the fuck did you get one?!

[NrKj105]

can you take a pic of the pcb on the back?
would help alot
there are alot of phi pcie cards

[NrKj105]

or just find the reference number or model number on the pcb , and type it into intel ark

[antoipod]

Just now, NrKj105 said:

its an phi accelerator unit for deep learning
how the fuck did you get one?!

He just gave it to me, he works with cloud computing servers. Could I just slot it into my pc and have it ready to go?

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, antoipod said:

Id like to know if I can use it for video editing and rendering

not exactly, you will need to have specialized equipment to take advantage if it. 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, antoipod said:

He just gave it to me, he works with cloud computing servers. Could I just slot it into my pc and have it ready to go?

You can't really use it as a CPU

[NrKj105]

wait

 

puget systems made a guide how to use it in windows

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/Intel-Xeon-Phi-with-Windows-510/

 

come to think of it
now i want one too !

[antoipod]

27 minutes ago, NrKj105 said:

can you take a pic of the pcb on the back?
would help alot
there are alot of phi pcie cards

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Here:

 

[NrKj105]

oh my
 

57cores at 1.1ghz

DAYUM

ME WANT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INTEL-Xeon-Phi-Coprocessor-3120A-6GB-1-1GHz-57-Core-28-5-MB-Cache-755188-001-/381922924567?hash=item58ec615817:g:he8AAOSwa~BYePML

[antoipod]

2 minutes ago, NrKj105 said:

puget systems made a guide how to use it in windows

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/Intel-Xeon-Phi-with-Windows-510/

So can it run on my system or do I need a server board and a xeon cpu?

[Leonard]

Regular people like us really won't have any use for this, find out from your cousin if he will feel bad with you selling it and sell it and put the money in the bank, i doubt you will need it.

[Enderman]

5 minutes ago, antoipod said:

He just gave it to me, he works with cloud computing servers. Could I just slot it into my pc and have it ready to go?

No, lol, you need a special server motherboard for it to work, and you need specially coded programs to run on it.

Basically, it's a useless brick to you.

[NrKj105]

Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor G86604-300 Knights Corner 16GB 61 core 1.238/1.333GHz

$625.00

HOLY CRAP DUDE ! Your bro is amazing !

 

[NrKj105]

56 minutes ago, Enderman said:

No, lol, you need a special server motherboard for it to work, and you need specially coded programs to run on it.

Basically, it's a useless brick to you.

nothing is impossible , puget made a guide check it up please before saying its just a brick

[Starelementpoke]

Dear fucking god man. How was your brother allowed just to leave with that?

[-rascal-]

4 minutes ago, antoipod said:

So can it run on my system or do I need a server board and a xeon cpu?

 

Its a Co-processor that goes into a PCI-Express X16 slot.

It's job is to number crunch; it cannot be used as a CPU, and it does not output and video / audio.

 

Basically, kind of like a compute GPU (e.g. nVidia Tesla card) if you will...

Spoiler

 

 

[NrKj105]

i would consider buying this because AutoCAD uses alot of cpu horsepower, i think videoediting is the same compilance within structuring the need for creation
i doubt that APP is only blocked to GPU rendering, im pretty sure you can use it , it would make your cousin happy to see you fidel around with it and not just selling it for money,
 

[steffeeh]

"Soooo I just built a gaming and media editing desktop PC"

 

"YOU DID? WOW THATS GREAT, I HAVE THIS SUPERCOMPUTER COMPONENT WORTH OVER $600 PLEASE HAVE IT"

[TheRandomness]

Just now, NrKj105 said:

i would consider buying this because AutoCAD uses alot of cpu horsepower, i think videoediting is the same compilance within structuring the need for creation
i doubt that APP is only blocked to GPU rendering, im pretty sure you can use it , it would make your cousin happy to see you fidel around with it and not just selling it for money,
 

You need a program specifically coded to use the Xeon Phi. So basically, there's like, 6 programs that can use it, all proprietary. @antoipod Literally, you cannot use it for anything other than a showpiece.

[Enderman]

4 minutes ago, NrKj105 said:

nothing is impossible , puget made a guide check it up please before saying its just a brick

Literally the first sentence:

"just because you can do something, doesn’t mean that you should do it"

 

Basically no, he can't use it.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

You need a program specifically coded to use the Xeon Phi. So basically, there's like, 6 programs that can use it, all proprietary. @antoipod Literally, you cannot use it for anything other than a showpiece.

On that note, a pretty damned cool show piece.

[Himommies]

You know just put it in and try( check wattage first)

I'd say it's it's unlikely to break anything and if it's not really helping sell it there's probaly a braindead person outhere who thinks you can use it as a CPU

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, NrKj105 said:

i would consider buying this because AutoCAD uses alot of cpu horsepower, i think videoediting is the same compilance within structuring the need for creation
i doubt that APP is only blocked to GPU rendering, im pretty sure you can use it , it would make your cousin happy to see you fidel around with it and not just selling it for money,
 

You don't understand how a xeon phi works, do you...

 

You CANNOT use it for those things at all.

[NrKj105]

56 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

You need a program specifically coded to use the Xeon Phi. So basically, there's like, 6 programs that can use it, all proprietary. @antoipod Literally, you cannot use it for anything other than a showpiece.

but you can always try to find a way ! thats the cool part of pc components !
maybe this could revolutionize video editing ! i mean these amount of cores and teraflops of computing power could be used for something else than "numbercrunching"