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I recently ordered a Xeon Phi 31S1P. They're under $200 at the moment[1]. The biggest problem I have is that you can't just plug them into any computer like you
by sspiff 12y ago
I recently ordered a Xeon Phi 31S1P. They're under $200 at the moment[1]. The biggest problem I have is that you can't just plug them into any computer like you would a graphics card. You need a compatible motherboard, and those tend to be in the high price range and 2011 sockets (which means expensive CPU). Most of the time, you won't find out if a board is compatible until you plug a card in and try it out.
I'm curious how well the card will work, I'd love to see something like Erlang on such a thing.
[1] https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/special-promotion-intel-xeon-phi-coprocessor-31s1p https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/special-promotion-...
- nkurz 12y agoI've stared at that promotion (and even submitted it here, I think) but I haven't really understood it. Who did you end up buying from? Are there limitations on who can participate? How are you going to deal with the passive cooling aspect?
- sspiff 12y agoColfax International. No restrictions, although they can't ship to Europe unless you have a DHL/FedEx/UPS/... freight collect account. They've been very helpful, agreed to ship the cards to a friend in the US, and were patient as my bank blocked my credit card twice because of the "suspicious" transaction. I ended up wiring the money instead. I ended up paying 492 euros for 3 cards (2 of my friends also ordered one). I'm just an individual enthousiast, and my friends are researchers at the local university. You don't need a company, you don't need to order a lot of them, you can just order a single card as a private individual.