Jim <Jim@j.eu> wrote:
> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:35:59 +0000, Chris:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm looking for a high performance computing environment for genetic
>> analysis. As far as I understood, as well Opterons as Xeons can only
>> address 4GB of main memory per core. Is this right?
> Deadly wrong
> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
>
>
> i.e. 64GB ram (256TB of total memory).
Thanks.
So, to get a single-core Xeon 32GB Ram system, which hardware is needed?
Most mainboards applicable do not support that much Ram.
Is it reasonable at all?
How is the performance compared to an Opteron for single core apps?
Thx,
Chris