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Re:IBM Preps Power9 for AI and HPC Launch, Forges Big NUMA Iron by justin66 on Friday October 20, 2017 @12:46PM (#15517183)
> I'm curious why they don't target having simpler/cheaper CPUs that can be moved closer to the GPUs.

You can certainly buy silicon that's set up that way from Nvidia.

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Re:IBM Preps Power9 for AI and HPC Launch, Forges Big NUMA Iron by torpcoms on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:17PM (#15535511)
Can you provide a link? Is it an ARM system?
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Re:IBM Preps Power9 for AI and HPC Launch, Forges Big NUMA Iron by justin66 on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:39PM (#15535741)
The Parker SoC that comes with the Jetson TX2 came to mind immediately, since I've got one:

https://www.hotchips.org/wp-content/uploads/hc_archives/hc28... https://elinux.org/Jetson_TX2#Processing_Components

Six different ARM CPUs (two different kinds!) on the same silicon as a fairly powerful GPU.

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