Re:Threadripper 3990X: The Quest To Compile 1B Lines Of C++ ...
by masklinn on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @03:11PM
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> The more expensive Threadripper parts really shine when memory bandwidth becomes a bottleneck.
Threadripper can be useful for IO, especially for C++ (which is famously quite IO intensive) owing to its 128 PCIe lanes, you can RAID0 a bunch of drives and have absolutely ridiculous IO.
Threadripper can be useful for IO, especially for C++ (which is famously quite IO intensive) owing to its 128 PCIe lanes, you can RAID0 a bunch of drives and have absolutely ridiculous IO.