ARM In Supercomputers — 'Get Ready For the Change' 238
An anonymous reader writes "Commodity ARM CPUs are poised to to replace x86 CPUs in modern supercomputers just as commodity x86 CPUs replaced vector CPUs in early supercomputers. An analysis by the EU Mountblanc Project (PDF) (using Nvidia Tegra 2/3, Samsung Exynos 5 & Intel Core i7 CPUs) highlights the suitability and energy efficiency of ARM-based solutions. They finish off by saying, 'Current limitations [are] due to target market condition — not real technological challenges. ... A whole set of ARM server chips is coming — solving most of the limitations identified.'"
Re:IMHO - No thanks. (Score:5, Funny)
The article is aimed at supercomputers, not commodity PC. You are not the target.
While not the target, you'll be collateral damage anyway.
Re:Does it really matter? (Score:5, Funny)
Also, a lot of algorithms, perhaps even most, rely on branching, which is something GPUs suck at. And only some can be reasonably rewritten in a branchless way.
nonsence, I play Farcry3 on my GPU, and it renders branches just fine thank you very much.