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Intel Launches Xeon E5 v4 Family of Processors Based On Broadwell-EP (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: Intel is officially launching a brand new series of Xeon processors today, the Xeon Processor E5 v4. The Xeon Processor E5 v4 family is based on Broadwell, specifically Broadwell-EP, though they are socket compatible with the previous generation v3 series. The new Xeon E5 v4 family, however, features a number of updates and enhancements. The Broadwell-EP based Xeon E5 v4, for example, is built using Intel's more advanced 14nm process node, and the largest chips can feature up to 22 processor cores (44 threads). The E5 v4 series still supports up to quad-channel DDR4 memory, but the maximum supported speed now tops out at 2400 MT/s, up from 2133 MT/s. Also, because of its additional cores, the E5-2600 v4 series now features up to 55MB of last-level cache. Support for 3D die-stacked LRDIMMs has been added too, along with DDR4 write CRC, and of course the higher speeds. Performance with a 2P dual-socket Xeon E5-2697 v4 system, with 36 total cores and 72 threads, rips through Cinebench in testing, unlike any desktop chip could. It's impressive to see in action.
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systemd comes with its own web browser and weather modeler. Just use those, idiot!
What's stopping you from using an older distro or a distro that doesn't use systemd?
EMACS has always been a better init system than scripts or systemd. I don't know what all this flap is about.
Well, older distros aren't maintained and don't include critical security updates. I don't know about you, but I sure as fuck will not skip OpenSSL updates these days!
And this is why using another distro isn't an option. All of the major Linux distros now use it by default. The only ones that don't are niche distros like Slackware (which is so ancient as to be unusable today) or Gentoo (I'm not waiting a week for a basic installation to compile). Hacking and mangling a Debian installation isn't a viable option, either.
The only hope we have is for Intel to release their own Linux distro that doesn't include systemd.
You really should be using NEC vector processors for your hobby. That's only 420W per processor/memory board, with 16 channel of DDR2000 for four cores at 1GHz. Oh, all your systemd and Firefox problems would be swept away at once, I promise!
with everyone going to per core licensing this is just going to be another money pit. we run SQL on 12 cores and don't really need them all. we get more bang from more cache on the CPU than more cores
The Mac Pro is now ridiculously stale. ("Days since last release: 833")
I've read articles speculating that Apple might be re-designing the Mac Pro again as many of its intended users are disappointed that it has no internal expansion at all. So Apple could be sitting on a design refresh, waiting for these new chips.
I even read speculation that Apple would cancel the Mac Pro product line, but IMHO that is very unlikely. Apple sells a lot more notebooks than Mac Pros, but I just can't see Apple walking away from a very high-margin product.
So now that there are refreshed Xeons, maybe we will see a refreshed Mac Pro.
P.S. I was surprised that Apple didn't release a standard enclosure for lots of hard drives or whatever. You should have your Mac Pro and then one box with one cord, rather than a half-dozen boxes and a half-dozen cords. But I guess Apple left that for third parties such as Sonnet. I watched the video for that Sonnet product I linked... it said that Sonnet followed Apple's guidelines for how to best mount a Mac Pro. Therefore, Apple has guidelines for third party vendors for Mac Pro mounting products.
Even so, it's amazing how complicated the Sonnet enclosure has to be to solve the problem. Thunderbolt connectors can pop out, so they invented a retaining device that uses a bolt to keep the plug in. You need to run multiple Thunderbolt cables inside the box. And they said they were not able to offer a passthrough for Thunderbolt because Thunderbolt won't work with one (they didn't elaborate, something about needing active circuits on both ends of the connection, but I don't know why that rules out a passthrough).
And oh boy is that an expensive way to go: buy an expensive Mac Pro, then spend another $1500 on the enclosure.
lf(1): it's like ls(1) but sorts filenames by extension, tersely
You still have three years full patches and support on Ubuntu 14.04; five years on RHEL 6 ignoring the extended support options.
A long term stable distribution might fit your needs better than a bleeding-edge distro like Fedora. For example Red Hat 6 (aka CentOS) doesn't have systemd and it will get security updates for eight more years. It will get updates for new hardware and other general updates through 2020, four more years.
slackware ancient ? unusable ?
Base system $3000-$3500 maybe with 2 cpus.
They don't have the pci-e lanes to have 3 TB 3 buses with 2 video cards Now if they have 2 cpus then they have 2 storage slots + 2 video cards + 3-6 TB 3 buses.
>I'd like to use an Intel Linux distro that was really stable and could let me use Intel hardware to its full potential.
I think they thought of that: https://clearlinux.org/
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
Where did you pull 8 more years out of? CentOS6 only gets full updates through 2017. Security errata and SELECT mission critical bug fixes through 2020. That's emphatically NOT support for new hardware.
Thanks in advance.
Is it still so horrendously gimped in the memory handling that I can't run a 4S/4GPU configured node, and am stuck with 2S/3GPU nodes instead as my best option?
If so, no dice for me.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
So in other words you're too stupid to keep your system patched without a package manager...get a Mac or a Windows box.
With the change to longer life cycles, the production phase ends on November 30, 2020 and the four-year extended support period goes to 2024.
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You are correct that new hardware support will not be added as long as I indicated. However, GP specifically said security updates, and there are 8 more years of important security updates, including four years left in the ten-year "production" phase.
I've been trying to buy them for weeks! The performance is impressive, though.
Well, older distros aren't maintained and don't include critical security updates.
That's emphatically NOT support for new hardware.
Mind putting those goalposts down?
The Mac Pro is now ridiculously stale. ("Days since last release: 833")
Apple has been letting all of their computer products go stale (they're almost all red and 'Don't Buy' on the buyer's guide http://buyersguide.macrumors.c...). I've been waiting for a substantial macbook pro or even air upgrade for awhile now and even at the March announcements when I hoped for Skylake CPU upgrade announcements...nothing.
Apple used to be beholden to the refresh cycle of PowerPC, which was mostly controlled by IBM/Motorolla. Now it's beholden to Intel--and Intel has had general process and release delays over the last little while.
Apple's iOS-based stuff can be refreshed more frequently (annually?) because it controls the entire stack, including the silicon. While Apple controls most of the stack with Macs, certain things (notable CPUs) are not with-in their purview.
1. Install debian
2. apt-get install sysvinit-core
Slackware has the potential to be one of the most up to date distros. Since you are basically the package manager, you can install whatever version you want. It's up to you, really.