HPC
Argonne Aurora A21: All’s Well That Ends Better
When it comes to a lot of high performance computing systems we have seen over the decades, we are fond of saying that the hardware is the easy part. …
Sapphire Rapids
Compute
Intel Pits Its “Sapphire Rapids” Xeon SP Against AMD “Genoa” Epycs
Any performance comparisons across compute engines in use in a datacenter are always valid for a point in time since new CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and other ASICs are always coming into the market at different times. …
HPC
More CPU Cores Isn’t Always Better, Especially In HPC
If a few cores are good, then a lot of cores ought to be better. …
Compute
Intel Sometimes Charges A Hefty Premium For Sapphire Rapids
No matter what, and without any excuses about Moore’s Law slowing down, those buying compute, storage, and networking expect at least one thing in any generational leap in a device: That the cost per unit of capacity goes down. …
Compute
With Sapphire Rapids Launched, Gelsinger Focuses On The Future
Pat Gelsinger returned to Intel as CEO in early 2021, the same year that the company was supposed to launch is much-touted fourth-generation Xeon SP processor, dubbed “Sapphire Rapids.” …
Compute
The Rest Of The World Can Finally Get Sapphire Rapids Xeon SPs
If you are thinking that you are having flashbacks as Intel is launching the “Sapphire Rapids” server CPUs – the company’s fourth generation in the Xeon SP family of server processors – you are not alone. …
Store
HPE Adapts Boosted Alletra Storage For GreenLake Utility Consumption
Nearly two years ago, Hewlett Packard Enterprise rolled out a new battle plan for storage and a new kind of storage array to implement it. …
Compute
HBM Gives Xeon SPs A Big Boost On Bandwidth Bound Work
If there is one bright spot in the Xeon SP server chip line from Intel, it is the version of the “Sapphire Rapids” Xeon SP processor that has HBM memory welded to it. …
Compute
One New Feature For Intel’s HPC Compute Engines: Contrition
It is very rare for any of the major semiconductor suppliers of the world to ever admit that things are going wrong, even when we all know that they have been. …
Compute
Intel Let The Chips Fall Where They Might
This day always comes. It is the nature of monopoly and hubris. …