I’m not sure how many people that follow me personally on Twitter (@Human3rror) actually geek out on stuff like this but let me assure you that I do.
Intel has announced an 8 Core Chipset: The Nehalem-EX.
*silence*
I still get excited about speed and power when it comes to hardware configs and rigs and all that jazz:
The processor will be targeted at four-socket servers, said Shannon Poulin, Xeon platform director at Intel. Each physical core will be able to run two threads simultaneously, giving the chip 64 virtual processing cores on servers.
Yikes.
And even though that’s pretty cool I can’t ever imagine a ministry or church ever having to use one of these, right? Or am I wrong?
Do you think we’ll ever need something like this with this much power for what we do on a weekly basis?
“Do you think we’ll ever need something like this?” Are you kidding John? I’ve got one question, Remember when the 256 computer was new?
eh. good point.
ahh.. thought my 486 with a CD rom 1x drive was going to last me foreva’
teehee.
oh my word
I want it, someone give it to me, pleeeaseeee.
ok, I have stopped trembling, but the drooling may not stop.
One can never have enough power when it comes to video editing. I was at a RED One workshop last night – nothing is powerful enough, just wait for 12 bit uncompressed 9K – render a simple color correction on that and you will understand that nothing is strong enough (well, it will need a couple 10 TB HDDs ).
OK I’m officially jealous now.
I love the RED One but trying to explain that to some folks is like trying to explain cricket to some folks.
I know what you mean.
on that note – are not the Japanese broadcasting 8K – now that is mind bowing (apart from being completely off topic)
yikes.
drool.
Technology is so cool.
i think so too.
What about in the application of thin clients within the church? Perhaps even multiple VM’s for your various tasks? Having it all under one roof might be more cost effective in the long run, though it does affect the systems fault tolerance. What if one croaks, more cores, more opportunity for failure. That being said, if it’s targeted at servers, their quality will be outstanding and this shouldn’t be an issue of concern.
I’m waiting for the day when we see the TB spec on ram… hmm, VM’s stored entirely in the ram… don’t turn off the juice.
Thanks for the heads up on the product. These type of posts are appreciated, continue ‘geeking out’ at will.
hehe! will do.
“…I can’t ever imagine a ministry or church ever having to use one of these, right?…”
Um…Crisis Youth Group Party….?
I’m sure eventually this Nehalem-EX will be the equivalent of to today’s Pentium II, but right now?…Awesome.
bust it out on the LAN!
> actually geek out on stuff like this
ermm (raises hand) me.
I’ve been blessed to be around aand working with PCs since the start of the PC revolution and my friends eyes glaze over when I start talking about power, etc… I typically end up doing a Tim Taylor impersanation. “I needed more power so I rewired it hun …”