With the current roadmap, we are about 2-3 years away from 256 Core and 1GB L3 Cache.

What I want to see is a new and innovative way to cool these potential 400 - 700W monster tightly packed in a server.

With the release of this 768MB L3 cache, we're __already__ at 1.5GB L3 cache if you go dual-socket.

> What I want to see is a new and innovative way to cool these potential 400 - 700W monster tightly packed in a server.

I mean, air-conditioning, fans, and water cooling are pretty much the only options. And they all work.

These are only 250W CPUs, so dual-socket into 500W or maybe 750W with the motherboard/RAM/SSDs in there. GPUs are harder to cool, as those are 500W behemoths by themselves, and GPU-servers run 8x GPUs (contrasted against your typical 2x CPU dual-socket setups).

It would be interesting to see a something like a conductive metal monolith and then just bolt the processor boards to one side of it. One side would be flat, the other grooved with coolant flowing down to keep cool.