ARM In Supercomputers — 'Get Ready For the Change'

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 25, 2013 @03:10PM from the you-and-what-ARMy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Commodity ARM CPUs are poised to to replace x86 CPUs in modern supercomputers just as commodity x86 CPUs replaced vector CPUs in early supercomputers. An analysis by the EU Mountblanc Project (PDF) (using Nvidia Tegra 2/3, Samsung Exynos 5 & Intel Core i7 CPUs) highlights the suitability and energy efficiency of ARM-based solutions. They finish off by saying, 'Current limitations [are] due to target market condition — not real technological challenges. ... A whole set of ARM server chips is coming — solving most of the limitations identified.'"

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Re:IMHO - No thanks. by Stoutlimb · 2013-05-25 15:27 · Score: 5, Insightful

No doubt your CPU would win. But when looking at power/price as well, you'd have to pit your CPU against 50 or so ARM chips in parallel. For some solutions, it may be a far better choice. One size doesn't fit all.