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SeaMicro Unveils 512 Atom-Based Server

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-stop-there dept.

1sockchuck writes "Stealthy startup SeaMicro has unveiled its new low-power server, which incorporates 512 Intel Atom CPUs, a load balancer and interconnection fabric into a 10u server. SeaMicro, which received a $9.3 million government grant from DOE to develop its technology, says its server uses less than 2 kilowatts of energy — suggesting that a single rack with four SeaMicro units and 2,048 CPUs could draw just 8 kilowatts of power. Check out the technical overview, plus additional coverage from Wired, GigaOm and VentureBeat."

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  1. Re:Vitual center by robthebloke · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well done sir. You win todays award for completely failing to understand what HW virtualisation is....

    I've got an atom 330 (Dual core HT), and have run a guest OS on it yes. The performance was sodding awful for a number of reasons.....

    1) Only 1 core is available to guest OS's (even though it can handle 4 HW threads). Why? No HW virtualisation support.
    2) It is impossible to dynamically assign CPU cores to the guest OSes. Why? No HW virtualisation support.
    3) It is impossible to run 64bit Os's as a guest. Why? No HW virtualisation support.
    4) When running a guest OS, performance is apalling. Why? No HW virtualisation support meaning it can't execute the instructions directly.

    So, on your D510, are you seriously trying to suggest that you have magically managed to overcome all the *PHYSICAL* limitations of the CPU? You can run a 64bit guest can you? You can dynamically assign multiple cores can you?

    Christ, next you'll be claiming Intel graphics cards support OpenGL4.0.....