[mesa-users] Reccomendations on hardware to run MESA

[Bill Paxton]

Hi Dennis,

I'm not familiar with the current options.  But I can tell you that my experiments with the Xeon Phi coprocessor left me thinking it will likely be a great option someday, but not until it has morphed into something that can be the main processor for the workstation.

The 20 core linux box from a few years back is still my main compute machine, and it is well behaved now that I've stopped trying to use the Phi with it!

Cheers,
Bill



On Sep 1, 2016, at 6:38 PM, Dennis Stello wrote:

> Hi Bill et al.
> 
> Do you (or anyone else) have any updates on this topic?
> I'm in the process of buying a new powerful desktop.
> 
> Cheers
> Dennis/
> 
> 
> 
> On 20/02/2015 4:35 AM, Bill Paxton wrote:
>> Hi Pablo,
>> 
>> We're working with the Phi to explore ways to make mesa/star use 100's of hardware threads instead of 10's.  The current Phi is perfect for that sort of exploration, but it is years away from maturing to the point that it is a competitive alternative to today's machines for running mesa/star.  That will change, but not yet. 
>> 
>> I don't have extensive knowledge of the current alternatives, but I can report that the workstation I got last year is a great machine for cranking out mesa runs.
>> 
>> It comes with 2 processors, so you have a 20 core machine.  It isn't the option with the most cores, but I think it is the best overall choice.  Unless of course even better things have come along since last year.
>> 
>> 	Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 Ivy Bridge 2.80 GHz Ten Core 22nm CPU with 25MB L3 Cache, DDR3-1866, 8.00GT/sec QPI, 115W 
>> 	Supports Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz
>> 
>> I purchased mine from Microway and they've been very helpful.  (jan.smith at microway.com)
>> 
>> -Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
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