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The mainframe in 2025 is absolutely at the edge of technology. For some algorithms in ML where massive GPU parallelism is not a benefit, could even get a stron

by belter 1y ago

The mainframe in 2025 is absolutely at the edge of technology. For some algorithms in ML where massive GPU parallelism is not a benefit, could even get a strong comeback. I got so jealous of some colleagues, once even considered getting into mainframe work. CPU at 5.5 Ghz continuously, (not peak...) massive caches, really, really non stop... Look at this tech porn: "IBM z17 Technical Introduction" - https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248580.pdf https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248580.pdf

xattt 1y ago
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
- LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
  Why? They have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Parallel_Sysplex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Parallel_Sysplex
  - xattt 1y ago
    The joke is the chip is meant for datacentre workloads so parallelization is a given.
    - LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
      Sure. It's just that they can be clustered too. So they can be the overwulf. Whoo hooo hoooo howl...…