[geeks] anyone know about this? 72-core, 48GB computer?

[Phil Stracchino]

nate at portents.com wrote:
>> True, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a single SiCortex MIPS64 node
>> that draws 5.4W can outperform a single 1600MHz Atom core (given
>> decently parallelized code), and probably two.
> 
> Agreed.  I didn't mean to imply that Atom was somehow better than a MIPS64
> implementation just because I called it "beefier" - I only meant to imply
> that despite Atom being slimmed down from a lot of x86 out there, other
> architectures like MIPS64 (and ARM) can still be more efficient.

Sure, I didn't think you were.  Just sayin'.  :)

Actually, I kinda wish I had the cash to spare for a SiCortex box.  It
could be very interesting to play with.


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