[ale] Mobo suggestions

[Greg]

ok.  I know that 64 bit is a must have for those requiring large address
spaces (huge databases) or those working with really large amounts of
calculations (CAD, CAD/CAM, and movie stuff come to mind).  Good luck and
tell us how it comes out.  I have been looking at the Opteron for several
months - it has several security features that 32 bit cpu's don't have as
well as it is backward compatible (unlike the Itanium).  However I'm also
tracking the IBM PowerPC chips.  A large bus, fast clockspeeds, best OS (Mac
OS based on a BSD),along with the Mac's penchant for "just works" might be
too much.  I am guessing either Monarch or Apple will get some $$ from me
soon.  I'm glad to see IBM coming on.  Hopefully Intel's sun will start to
set - and maybe Sun will wake up too.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Kinney
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:32 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ale] Mobo suggestions
>
>
> My rational (if it could be called that) is that the opteron
> based servers are going to proliferate in the near future. So I
> want to be able to use them very well. That is my justification
> for my business making the purchase.
>
> I also have a background in physics. There are many physics
> number-crunching problems that I still dabble with. Most are
> 32-bit OK . But some of the new models actually require a 64-bit
> space to address the problems. The algorithms are hideously
> complex to work with at 32-bit. The extra address space
> simplifies some of the parts and complicates others.
>
> Speed is good. 1.4GHz at 64-bit is almost 2.8GHz at 32-bit. But
> the larger address space is the big thing for me.
>
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