Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:16:41 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future CPUs - 128 threads Message-ID: <20100212071640.GA93045@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <hl1ldj$4jp$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <hl1ldj$4jp$1@ger.gmane.org>
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--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2010-Feb-11 20:18:04 +0100, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: >Recent news: > >Niagara 3 - 128 hardware threads >Power 7 - 32 hardware threads I'm not sure how far off real Niagara-3 based products are but you can buy dual-socket T-2 systems (128 h/w threads) off the shelf. Sun announced some years ago that they would be doubling the number of threads per CPU socket every 2 years or so. --=20 Peter Jeremy --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAkt1AFgACgkQ/opHv/APuIfpkgCghsODrwBLXKb55hP3psx0bS+5 aOYAmM1xPk38abf/tAaVyeaA45mqXhU= =FsUF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
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