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Calxeda has been building 16 core cards[1] for awhile now with about 18 fitting in a 1U-sized box[2], each card connected by 10GbE similar to this[3]. [1]: htt

Calxeda has been building 16 core cards[1] for awhile now with about 18 fitting in a 1U-sized box[2], each card connected by 10GbE similar to this[3]. [1]: http://www.calxeda.com/technology/products/energycards/quadnode/ http://www.calxeda.com/technology/products/energycards/quadn... [2]: http://semiaccurate.com/2011/11/03/calxeda-launches-a-4-core-arm-server-chip/ http://semiaccurate.com/2011/11/03/calxeda-launches-a-4-core... [3]: http://www.calxeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/EnergyCard-Product-Brief-612.pdf http://www.calxeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/EnergyCard...

rjek 14y ago
And you can buy them where, exactly? :)
- mdwrigh2 14y ago
  Boston Limited should be shipping Viridis units now [1][2]. [1]: http://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx http://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/09/boston_viridis_arm_server/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/09/boston_viridis_arm_s...
  - rjek 14y ago
    Yeah, I see they have the same sort of "talk to us for pricing and more info". Important things to note is that each of the nodes in this Slab have their own local SATA solid-state storage, and the individual CPUs are quicker. The Boston thing has higher density though.
wcchandler 14y ago
HP has also been working on Project Moonshot which (I believe) is based on Calxeda. http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/iss/110111.aspx http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/iss/110111.aspx
colanderman 14y ago
Not to mention Tilera, who makes 36-core chips/cards [1], with 4 in a 1U box [2], with each processor with connected to each its four neighbors by a 250 Gb/s link. [1] http://tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family http://tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family [2] http://tilera.com/products/platforms http://tilera.com/products/platforms [3] http://www.tilera.com/technology http://www.tilera.com/technology
- ricardobeat 14y ago
  Interesting that these can run a single OS as a huge multi-core machine.
- neckbeard 14y ago
  It might be worth pointing out that TileGX isn't ARM. It is an interesting system though.
- JVIDEL 14y ago
  But Tilera uses its own architecture, ARM on the other hand is nearly everywhere. There were other companies like Tilera: Transputer, Connection Machine.......SiCortex was founded in 2003 with a similar idea and was shutting down by 2009 The problems with these architectures is cost: mass market tech like x86 and ARM offers more bang for your buck

rjek 14y ago

And you can buy them where, exactly? :)

mdwrigh2 14y ago
Boston Limited should be shipping Viridis units now [1][2]. [1]: http://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx http://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/09/boston_viridis_arm_server/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/09/boston_viridis_arm_s...
- rjek 14y ago
  Yeah, I see they have the same sort of "talk to us for pricing and more info". Important things to note is that each of the nodes in this Slab have their own local SATA solid-state storage, and the individual CPUs are quicker. The Boston thing has higher density though.

wcchandler 14y ago

HP has also been working on Project Moonshot which (I believe) is based on Calxeda. http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/iss/110111.aspx http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/iss/110111.aspx

colanderman 14y ago

Not to mention Tilera, who makes 36-core chips/cards [1], with 4 in a 1U box [2], with each processor with connected to each its four neighbors by a 250 Gb/s link. [1] http://tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family http://tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family [2] http://tilera.com/products/platforms http://tilera.com/products/platforms [3] http://www.tilera.com/technology http://www.tilera.com/technology

ricardobeat 14y ago
Interesting that these can run a single OS as a huge multi-core machine.
neckbeard 14y ago
It might be worth pointing out that TileGX isn't ARM. It is an interesting system though.
JVIDEL 14y ago
But Tilera uses its own architecture, ARM on the other hand is nearly everywhere. There were other companies like Tilera: Transputer, Connection Machine.......SiCortex was founded in 2003 with a similar idea and was shutting down by 2009 The problems with these architectures is cost: mass market tech like x86 and ARM offers more bang for your buck