AMD dominates Supercomputers, used in more systems!!!

EDIT: A single Nehalem is faster than dual Shanghai in SPEC_int rate, and just 28% slower in SPEC_fp rate.

AMD's server days are numbered.

Yeah because they have an integrated memory controller... as soon as core 7 is released AMDs supercomputer power will come to a halt as the new power will be core i7

cache coherency validation?

Well you said "they continued to have cache coherency validation problems", so when was the last time Intel was affected with cache coherence issues? I've never heard of it ever since P4 w/HT.

Who cares. None of us are using supercomputers.

hey thunderman is back! Now how is it that i just knew who was going to be the starter of this thread...

Now... where is enigma?

this thread needs a little concrum

This is the nail in the coffin for Intel. Think about how many of us build supercomputers! Intel is completely in the dark about this as their i7's are being grabbed up like they are free and not seeing the bigger threat of losing out on supercomputer market. R.I.P. Intel.

'IBM Roadrunner Remains World's Fastest Supercomputer'

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/IBM- [...] 29670.html

Seems like T-man's article just skipped a chunk of information about the Top 500 Supercomputer list.

What is interesting is that they list 7 IBM systems using Sony's PS3s. I would never have guessed that they would be in the Top 500 Supercomputer list.

Top 500 SuperComputers

I would be more interested to see what the i7-920 does against the 2384. See what the similarly clocked machines do in comparison. You're comparing the 3.2Ghz i7 against a 2.7Ghz AMD. Also what are the power draws in the respective CPUs? the 965 as I understand it has a TDP of 130W, and the 2384 has a reported 75W power draw.

the test compared 8 processing threads to 8 processing threads. Date over the interconnects is going to be slower than on-die anyway, also the ECC-DDR in the opty is going to hit performance at anything up to 10%. You're comparing Apples to Oranges by comparing an i7 desktop chip to a server board Opty setup.

Once i7 comes, and shows its scaling, which previous Intel server chips were poor at, thisll change, as youll start seeing i7 used in these more and more. Besides, this is about the only promotionally, decent thing their marketing team has done, as they have heavily promoted this, going as far as giving chips away for them at times

Wow, that's a little harsh isn't it? What do you expect, Dirk Meyer himself to hop from event to event around the world selling their products?

I was trying to think of a nice way to say that jaydee.

Pie, I gotta tell ya, I would have hoped they would have chosen to use someone not associated with the release of Phenom, (especially not someone who was as clueless as her) to pitch the next gen. I dont know if you remember he barcelona video.....I tried to find it, but it seems to have "mysteriously" dissapeared. It was hilarious.


Oh Cmon, Pie, you gotta remember that video....she was one step (one very small step) above 'OK this box is what we cal a COM-PEW-TER. Say it with me, COM-PEW-TER. Inside are fairies and mice; sugar and spice; and everything nice. And when we press this little round button here, everything works together magically to make pretty pretty pictures on this screen.........."

The only thing good about her was that she memorized her lines so she didnt have to read in front of the camera.

Honestly tho, since you bring up Dirk, having him hop around selling prolly would not have been a bad idea. After the shelacking the AMD markerting machine gave itself over phenom, using the same people that 'informed' the public how 'super' phenom was going to be, to inform us how great shanghai is going to be prolly isnt the greatest idea. The whole guilt by association, 'fool me once shame on you......' used car salseman aura. Putting the preoven performer(Dirk) in the spot light would probably engender a lot more faith in the sales pitch.

Honestly....AMD needs to "step - away - from - the - camera" and just ship ESs. Let THG, Anands, HHardware et do the work for them. Even without Henri Richard, their marketeering team just keeps throwing gasoline on the fire. Between them , the trolls and the fanboys, its boarderline tragic.

AMD didnt stumble with the Phenom....


AMD opened the front door, smiled..

Loads of people walked passed with interest waving hello, and whilst AMD came out it tripped on the door step and fell flat on its face giving it self a large bloody nose......

Now the people walking by were not so kind and laughed... And as the stories went around more and more people laughed at its error, only a few simpathisers now relish AMD getting back on its feet...

The trouble is Jaydee its still got the plaster on its nose and everyones curious why its still there and why they havent taken it off yet..

Till this day, AMD still have their nose bandaged up until they sort this out...

No. Because you are going based on a rumor. No link with no backup = crap until proven true. And I highly doubt it since the cache system in Nehalem is the same as it is in Core 2 minus the new L3 cache.

Well, actually all AMD needs to do is come in with a good chip at a good price (like Intel did, making people forget the P4 era) and plaster them all over the place

Is it just me, or does anyone else see a trend that within 48 hours of a thundertroll post, AMD stock takes a big hit?

It fell $0.38 today to close at $2.12

Thundy, your posts seem to be dirving AMD stock lower

Wow, that is bad

Yeah, pififul. It used to be a good board for AMD investors, and now well, you can see for yourself.

To quote someone on these forums, that page made me strap on my lolerskates and head over to my roflcopter

GO THUNDERTROLL!