SeaMicro Unveils 512 Atom-Based Server

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 14, 2010 @03:00AM 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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Re:Duke Nukem by Nadaka · 2010-06-14 03:23 · Score: 1, Offtopic

No. Only Windows Server DataCenter editions support this number of CPU's.. they don't include DirectX in DataCenter edition. In fact, only "signed hardware" will install. So getting you fancy video card, or Soundblaster 64 to work on it would be impossible.
I am pretty sure that that is only true if you are limiting yourself to Microsoft operating systems. There are plenty of linux BSD and unix OS's that can handle huge numbers of processors.