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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Nah, the question is what won't I be able to do with it! I plan to find out....
... run multi-threaded software that's not NUMA aware (aka almost everything except enterprise level servers) and that needs significant amounts of memory IO without significant degradations in performance, worst case is slower than on the 16 core equivalent that doesn't have the 2 CPU dies gimped due to not having direct ram access.
Conclusions: Not All Cores Are Made Equal - The AMD Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core and 2950X 16-Core Review
YMMV, but unless you know your main workload will play nice, I'd recommend sticking with the 16 core 2950X, or upgrading all the way to Epyc which doesn't have the NUMA related problems because all cores are directly connected to RAM.
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What can't you do with it? IO for one. Computing is probably another.
You'd probably be better off with eight 4x PCs.
IO didn't scale. Neither did RAM bandwidth. And there's a certain amount of scalability when adding processors. It is possible to even end up with a slower system than if it had fewer CPUs.
You will, however, end up with something to boast about 
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Holy crap! 
$1800 and "Cooling device not included". What do you cool it with, a domestic freezer?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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You only live once, my friend. I'm hoping that an all-in-one liquid cooler will keep it happy.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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250W just for the processor is some serious heat to get rid off - my first house was heated by a 1KW bar fire ... mind you, in the depths of winter we moved into the bedroom!
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Yes I agree, but it's only 250W when it's running at max effort.
Most of the time it will probably be much less.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Many years ago, we had a server with a DEC Alpha CPU that we could use for frying the bacon for our lunch.
The first demo prototypes of the Alpha machines came with a three phase power supply. Before the commercial release they managed to cut down the power requirement so much that a single-phase power supply was sufficient.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
32 cores, eh? How about BFG 9000 ?
I would just call it "ShowOff"... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Duotrigesimacore
Rolls right off the tongue..........NOT! 
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For some reason it reminds me of "vitameatavegamin" from I Love Lucy many, many years ago!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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It's tasty too!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: What would it be called with 32 cores?
'32 cores'
We dont have to use poncy Latin all the time you know. Good old Saxon is perfectly OK.
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Message Closed
modified 10-Sep-18 4:45am.
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Yes, latin numbers. Why do British people feel they have to use latin (or french) words? Why are they ashamed of Saxon ones?
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That was not my point. Hexa is not a Latin prefix. Duotrigesima, however, it is Latin.
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True, although oct is. This just shows the British cant even get that right!
(Probably because they are embarrassed by 'sex' too.  )
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oct is both Greek and Latin.
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And, do you know why computer guys tend to mix up Halloween with Christmas day?
Because 31 oct = 25 dec
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Munchies_Matt wrote: We dont
Munchies_Matt wrote: Good old Saxon is perfectly OK.
Choose one 
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Uh? Dot get you. 
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Easy peasy: "triacontadi-core"
Wikipedia:
In geometry, a triacontadigon (or triacontakaidigon) or 32-gon is a thirty-two-sided polygon. In Greek, the prefix triaconta- means 30 and di- means 2. The sum of any triacontadigon´s interior angles is 5400 degrees. An older name is tricontadoagon.
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Since all these prefixes are from ancient Greek, I presume the 32-core would be called a triacontakaiduo-core (cf. Greek Numbers and Numerals (Ancient and Modern). But honestly... if you want people to understand you, go for "thirtytwo-core"
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6 cores is Esacore. Hexacore is 16 cores (HEXadecimal means base 16).
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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