https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/10/27/for-hpc-and-ai-composability-might-trump-cheap-flops/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/10/27/for-hpc-and-ai-composability-might-trump-cheap-flops/#comment-156581 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:41:24 +0000 http://www.nextplatform.com/?p=137321#comment-156581 Hi, In the DRAM chart, consider including the TOTAL costs b/c to use more than 1TB of pRAM per pSOCKET, you must use the Intel(L/M) pCPUs which can handle that much pRAM. The $ of those can quickly erase and change those graphs. We’ve run these #’s on 3TB – 6TB 2/4 pSOCKET setups and we could not make the play on CapEx alone. Certain specific workloads will benefit as would some licensing costs offsets which is where the real avoidance may be achieved. In a heavily virtualized workloads, with high bin-packing, you also have to be careful if intense CPU workloads are part of the profile. Systems can quickly run out of GHz too. Finding the right balance is key.

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