Sea Micro launches low-power, high core count servers

[complacent]

Linky here.,

This sounds like a cool (no pun intended) way to cram more cores into a rack.

We offered up some details on SeaMicro in January that we had gleaned from various sources, including a patent filing, but SeaMicro CEO Andrew Feldman has formally launched the company and sent us all the information. Here’s what SeaMicro has done with its box: popped 512 x 1.6 GHz Intel x86 CPUs on a rack, which equates to 2,048 CPUs per rack with 1 Terabyte of DRAM, a 1.28 Terabit networking fabric and up to 64 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, or 16 10GigE ports. Customers can add up to 64 solid-state drives for storage and the whole box takes up 10 rack units and consumes less than 2 kilowatts of power.

I'm interested to see some more, sounds pretty cool.

[Sabre]

which equates to 2,048 CPUs per rack with 1 Terabyte of DRAM, a 1.28 Terabit networking fabric... whole box takes up 10 rack units and consumes less than 2 kilowatts of power.

Very interesting indeed! Between things like this and GPU's, the amount of power that the average user has is going to sky rocket in the next few years. Take a look at the upcoming Bulldozer architecture from AMD as well. They are making some very interesting changes to the CPU!

[Sabre]

Picture of said beast:

[Mr Kleen]

that picture makes me want a slice of pizza for some reason.

[PGT]

8kw per 42U rack isn't trivial

[Sabre]

8kw per 42U rack isn't trivial

But neither is the computing power! Come on dude, I know your place can handle it!

[complacent]

8kw per 42U rack isn't trivial

But neither is the computing power! Come on dude, I know your place can handle it!

That was my thought. Look at the core/kw count... I thought it looked pretty solid.