Following from an earlier thread, some interesting stuff following on from review by Pawel Artymowicz listed in Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BC31S1P-Xeon-31S1P-Coprocessor/dp/B00OMCB4JI
"The preceding review in which a number of supposed problems were raised (BAR memory, cooling, unsuitability for number crunching) is based on ignorance. I have acquired first 20, but eventually as amny as 50 31S1P's. They're great. Of course the're not for gamers or the uninitiated, however neither do they require special skills to successfully mount, cool and program.
Read via google why Intel is giving away those processors for almost free: it is purely due to geopolitics and a mistake of USA which imposed a ban on those precise processors in an already failed bid to prevent the Chinese from holding on to #1 spot in the list of top 500 supercomputers, and any such 'incidents' in the future... I found out about the Intel/Colfax offer just in time, while building a CPU+GPU cluster at U of Toronto.
In the end I redesigned the cluster and added lots of IXPs, tripling the originally designed computational power (they are faster in my 3D CFD (dp) than the fastest GPUs, and very close to the most expensive 10-core CPUs I own).
'nuff said. If you have any skils at all, and any money at all, run and buy them from Colfax before they end. Use blower fans (1.2-1.4 A), not the usual computer fans (8cm, 12cm) to cool them, they will be run like mine at 60-70C under full load. They run like a trusted workhorse, much more stable than my O/C cpus, and 2+ times cheaper too."
The goods posted are from Colfax
Quantity 1-9 $195 Quantity 10 and above $125
Special promo whilst stocks last
Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P Special Promotion
NB. Specialist CPU and needs specialist MB & cooling
Colfax CX2470a-XP6 2U Rackmount Server
Colfax CX2470a-XP6 Server
Enjoy
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BC31S1P-Xeon-31S1P-Coprocessor/dp/B00OMCB4JI
"The preceding review in which a number of supposed problems were raised (BAR memory, cooling, unsuitability for number crunching) is based on ignorance. I have acquired first 20, but eventually as amny as 50 31S1P's. They're great. Of course the're not for gamers or the uninitiated, however neither do they require special skills to successfully mount, cool and program.
Read via google why Intel is giving away those processors for almost free: it is purely due to geopolitics and a mistake of USA which imposed a ban on those precise processors in an already failed bid to prevent the Chinese from holding on to #1 spot in the list of top 500 supercomputers, and any such 'incidents' in the future... I found out about the Intel/Colfax offer just in time, while building a CPU+GPU cluster at U of Toronto.
In the end I redesigned the cluster and added lots of IXPs, tripling the originally designed computational power (they are faster in my 3D CFD (dp) than the fastest GPUs, and very close to the most expensive 10-core CPUs I own).
'nuff said. If you have any skils at all, and any money at all, run and buy them from Colfax before they end. Use blower fans (1.2-1.4 A), not the usual computer fans (8cm, 12cm) to cool them, they will be run like mine at 60-70C under full load. They run like a trusted workhorse, much more stable than my O/C cpus, and 2+ times cheaper too."
The goods posted are from Colfax
Quantity 1-9 $195 Quantity 10 and above $125
Special promo whilst stocks last
Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P Special Promotion
NB. Specialist CPU and needs specialist MB & cooling
Colfax CX2470a-XP6 2U Rackmount Server
Colfax CX2470a-XP6 Server
Enjoy
