Moore’s Law Not Dead – Intel’s Use of HPC to Keep It Alive

Re:Moore’s Law Not Dead – Intel’s Use of HPC to Keep It Alive by rjsw on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @08:10AM (#10887162)

I have a Bulldozer CPU in my main desktop machine, it works fine for what I use it for and I'm happy with what I paid for it. I wouldn't have got nearly as many cores in an Intel CPU at the same price point.

I am mainly using it to compile software though, which makes good use of multiple cores, probably closer to a "server" workload than a "desktop" one.

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Re:Moore’s Law Not Dead – Intel’s Use of HPC to Keep It Alive by nisa on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:25AM (#10887540)

AMD can't compete on single thread performance and performance/watt. It's okay for a personal desktop and likely you'll save some bucks against Intel but for high-end desktops/workstations and servers they just can't compete at the moment.

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Re:Moore’s Law Not Dead – Intel’s Use of HPC to Keep It Alive by hodwik on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @09:59AM (#10887739)

You save a good amount of money though. Most of the high-end sub-$100 CPUs in the PassMark CPU benchmarks are AMD chips.

I just picked up the AMD Vishera -- 4.2 Ghz, easily overclockable to 4.5 with a proper cooling system, for $90.

For comparison, an Intel Core i3 4350 at 3.6 Ghz runs $205.

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