What can you make with a Xeon with a gazillion cores?

[Harperhendee]

I have been contemplating the question. With a high core count Xeon chip, you won't be able to rival gaming performance of an overclocked i7. But you get a ridiculous number of cores with super fat data paths. And server chips are built for reliable, predictable performance. I saw Linus tech tips reference to a multi gaming VM build. What other things can be done in that space? Is the software even there to realize these configurations? 

 

--Harper

[GDRRiley]

most rendering programs for videos or modding can use the threads. 

[SCHISCHKA]

i dont know where to start. they would not exist if there was not a need for them. video rendering, virtual desktop/thin client server, databases, compiling linux kernel

[brwainer]

Have you heard of Xeon Phi? This is basically waht you are asking about. They are used for complex math calculations for stock trading, data analysis, etc. essentially anything you might used a GPU using CUDA or OpenCL for, you could also do on a Xeon Phi.

[Dark]

Rendering, complex equations, data mining, virtualization...etc.

 

These days, if you have a specific task/workflow that benefits from high thread counts then the system can be provisioned around meeting that need.  In most other cases, systems with high thread counts are used for virtualition (or at least proving compute/memory for a virtual infrastructure).

 

 

[Harperhendee]

Does anyone know the performance of VM with dedicated graphics card? I was thinking to run 2-4 VMs to power VR headsets, while another VM took green screen video and composited it with the VR perspective.  I think this is possible with a high core count processor and 4 1070s on a high end motherboard.