Tag Archives: Intel

Will We Ever See InfiniBand in Desktop Computers?

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

[Update: the post is not actually about InfiniBand as such, it’s more about convergence that can be brought by the new Intel Omni Scale Fabric :-) Please see the comment below the post, and thanks for your time!] When I … Continue reading →

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Exascale Supercomputers: Anything but Cheap

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

Science and engineering both rely on the continuous increase in supercomputing performance. Back in 2009, it was believed that exascale machines will become available by 2018 — nine years ahead seemed like a lot of time. No one knew how … Continue reading →

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Using Eight Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors for Asteroid Simulation

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

Colfax International is a US-based IT equipment and solution provider. What’s so special about them is that their web-based retail shop, Colfax Direct, lists thousands of items ready to be shipped, and all prices are available online, with no dumb … Continue reading →

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Memory Bandwidth for Intel Xeon Phi (And Friends)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

John D. McCalpin, Ph.D., informally known as “Dr. Bandwidth” for his invention of STREAM memory bandwidth benchmark, posted STREAM results for Intel Xeon Phi and two Xeon-based servers made by Dell (see the end of his blog entry). All three … Continue reading →

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Intel MIC, aka Xeon Phi, aka Doubtful Creativity

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

They created a monster. It contains enough cores to be a computer on its own — yet it needs to be plugged into a “real” computer, and acts only as an accelerator. It’s cores are based on P54C architecture, introduced … Continue reading →

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InfiniBand: Who is the Market Leader?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

So, Intel recently announced their plans to acquire QLogic, the manufacturer of InfiniBand hardware and software. I just wanted to compare the two major InfiniBand manufacturers, QLogic and Mellanox, by their sizes. Here is the graph: If you are a … Continue reading →

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