[geeks] testing..

[Dan Sikorski]

On 4/8/2010 7:16 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Dan Sikorski wrote:
>>> Except Intel still produces multi-core chips that also use
>>> Hyperthreading. I think the biggest chips from Intel nowadays are four
>>> (six?) cores with two threads apiece.
>>
>> The newest (released last month) have 8 cores, 2 (?) threads per core.
>> They also can be used in 8 socket systems.
>
> If you're referring to "Beckton", I don't think they've actually been 
> released yet.  I think they've just been announced.  They've certainly 
> not reached the wild yet, although samples may have reached builders 
> for testing.

Yes, I am, and if they're not in the wild yet, they are on the verge of 
it.  Dell has had the r810 and r910 on their premiere site for a week or 
two with them as options in the configuration.  I think we may already 
have a couple on order for a virtualization project.

     -Dan Sikorski