18 Core UNLOCKED Hw-EP Xeon rumoured

[LukaP]

http://hwbot.org/newsflash/2552_broadwell_for_desktop_postponed_to_mid_2015_and_we_may_see_18_core_unlocked_haswell_e_xeons

 

 

 

 Nebosja writes, "Add to this the rumoured confirmation that, unlike their predecessors, Haswell-EP Xeons, including likely the 14-core and 18-core flavours, will have several top bin un-locked and even liquid-cooling optimised variants meant for HPC, workstations and high frequency trading, and you can guess the implications: the Haswell-E and Haswell-EP platforms will again be the overclocker’s heaven."

 

This is too awesome. If this happens to be true, i will sell my kindey and one lung.

 

Edit: This will probably be very much expensive, and Intel will only do it to show off, but this truly is the best piece of news in the last few years

 

@LinusTech any comments?

[Vampire2.0]

With or without hyper-threading?

[greenroost1445]

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

With or without hyper-threading?

Who cares 18 INTEL CORES!!!

[LukaP]

With or without hyper-threading?

With obviously, its a high end xeon.

[Vampire2.0]

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

Who cares 18 INTEL CORES!!!

but 36 threads?

[ACatWithThumbs]

but 36 threads?

Yep but it will probably be like $2000 like the 12 core Xeon right now.

[LukaP]

Yep but it will probably be like $2000

more like 6000. the 15core one we have now is locked and is 5500$

[Enderman]

Yep but it will probably be like $2000

$8000

[Anthony10]

starting at $5000....

[ACatWithThumbs]

more like 6000. the 15core one we have now is locked and is 5500$

HOLY Why would anyone buy this ?

 

[Viiksi-Vallu]

But can it run minecraft?

[LukaP]

HOLY Why would anybody buy this ?

 

because compute power. dat render rig i could have with a 2P system :3

 

 

But can it run minecraft?

 

well since that is a very singlethreaded game, the same as a 4670k

[greenroost1445]

because compute power. dat render rig i could have with a 2P system :3

 

 

 

well since that is a very singlethreaded game, the same as a 4670k

why bother get a 4p system... if that's even possible

[LukaP]

why bother get a 4p system... if that's even possible

AFAIK the IvyEP E7s go up to 64P so yeah should be

[Createinator]

New generation of E7 xeons!

[wpirobotbuilder]

HOLY Why would anyone buy this ?

 

Because it's way better than a Mac Pro, and would probably still cost less, even with a full system built around it.

[greenroost1445]

AFAIK the IvyEP E7s go up to 64P so yeah should be

ALL THE CORES+THREADS... I wonder how much ppd it could crank out in F@H... :huh:  :huh:  :huh:

[LukaP]

ALL THE CORES+THREADS... I wonder how much ppd it could crank out in F@H... :huh:  :huh:  :huh:

well its 64x18x2=2304 threads of unlocked intel goodness :3

[greenroost1445]

well its 64x18x2=2304 threads of unlocked intel goodness :3

dear God... AI anyone???

[wpirobotbuilder]

ALL THE CORES+THREADS... I wonder how much ppd it could crank out in F@H... :huh:  :huh:  :huh:

Since FAH increased the requirements for BigADV to 32 cores minimum, these CPUs would be the only ones capable of running BigADV in a 2-socket configuration (afaik)

 

 

dear God... AI anyone???

Also, still not powerful enough for AI. We won't get there for a long time, even with more cores and better CPUs. The amount of computational power of the human brain dwarfs anything we can create nowadays (within reason).

[greenroost1445]

Since FAH increased the requirements for BigADV to 32 cores minimum, these CPUs would be the only ones capable of running BigADV in a 2-socket configuration (afaik)

ok...

[wpirobotbuilder]

ok...

So lots. BigADV gives you many more points than regular folding does.

[greenroost1445]

So lots. BigADV gives you many more points than regular folding does.

oh... Much fun

[matin94]

way out of my needs, and price range.

[Real_PhillBert]

I have absolutely no need for anything even remotely like that, but I still want it!