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The classical use case is EDA software, which still largely runs on Linux. I can run simvision (a cadence tool) on a large server with ~96 cores and ~1TB of ram
by orbifold 7y ago
The classical use case is EDA software, which still largely runs on Linux. I can run simvision (a cadence tool) on a large server with ~96 cores and ~1TB of ram and the spawned windows integrate (almost) seamlessly with my multi monitor MacBook Pro setup. That Software only supports Solaris (recent releases dropped that I believe), specific versions of Red Hat Linux and Windows. Large simulations easily consume all server resources and require a SSD raid to function effectively. This also isn’t software you want to have to install or maintain yourself, plus it need access to proprietary information protected by NDA, which is not allowed to be copied to private hardware.