What Would You Do With 48 Cores?
*** THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED ***
Well, you might get your chance to show us.
The AMD Server team is kicking March off with a new contest. We are seeking your best essays, videos, or blog posts documenting how you might use 48 cores. One winner will be selected and awarded with:
- Four new AMD Opteron™ processors Model 6174, 12-core (2.2 GHz)
- TYAN S8812 motherboard: the motherboard is a Tyan S8812 that features 4 processor sockets with the capacity for you to install up to 8 DIMMs per socket
- one copy of Windows Server® 2008
Approximate retail value of all prizes is $8,189 USD.
For those of you living under a rock – or working away in the depths of the data center – the AMD Opteron 6100 series processors are 8- and 12-core processors that feature an incredible four channels of DDR-3 memory. That’s 33% more channels than expected competing Intel products* and more than double the memory throughput of our existing products.** These are the first 8- and 12-core x86 processors in the market and you could be one of the first to have such a historic product in your hands.
We’re planning to introduce these processors this quarter and we want to make sure that you get your opportunity to showcase how great your ideas are. Tell us what you can do with 48 cores to make the world a better, more interesting place, delivering the top performance or optimizing power. Of course creativity will be awarded, so don’t be afraid to show the fun side of servers.
So how do you get your shot? It’s easy. Here are the simple rules:
- Submit your idea about what you would do with 48 cores by:
- Writing an essay (no more than 500 words); or
- Creating a You Tube video (no longer than 3 minutes) and sending us your link; or
- Writing a blog (no more than 500 words) and sending us your link
Here’s a tip: playing World of Warcraft faster than anyone is probably not going to get you the good stuff. Think about what you can do to help society, to help others. That will give you an edge.
- Submit your entry and valid email address through the “What Would You Do With 48 Cores?” Contest entry form before Wednesday, March 24, 2010, @ at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
- Sit back and wait to see whether you have won. We’ll be announcing the winner on or before April 15th.
It’s really that easy. We’ll be reviewing all of the submissions and the team will choose the one that best exemplifies the spirit of 48 cores changing the world.
If you are wondering about the fine print, here are all of the official contest rules.
Good luck.
* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/03/intel_westmere_ep_preview/
** Based on quad channel DDR3-1333 for AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processor vs. dual channel DDR2-800 for Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Eligibility United States and Canada residents (excluding quebec), 18 years and older. Limit one (1) entry per person or e-mail address. See complete “WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH 48 CORES?” contest official rules for additional rules and details. Additional restrictions may apply, void where prohibited.
John Fruehe is the Director of Product Marketing for Server/Workstation products at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such linked sites and no endorsement is implied.
POSTED IN: AMD Opteron
TAGS: 48 Cores, AMD Opteron 6000 Series, Magny Cours, multi-core processors, Tyan
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COMMENTS: 235
Sheez, you’d think only people in the US & Canada used computers. How about people in South Africa? I’d love a chance to win that server & I have a killer idea on how I’d use it too.
Damn.
If I had 48 cores, I would send a message to space that says Merhaba! , Im here and have 48 core , Do you have more.?
如果我有一48核处理器，我就把所有家电都连起来，全部遥控，电视上显示autoCAD，电脑上Photoshop，一起工作，外加一个电脑控制的机器人，打扫，做模型，everything，我只需要说话就好
用48核处理器运行一个机器人，什么都只需要我说出就好，Do it。
http://xhema.flossk.org:8081/blog/members/h4ck3rm1k3/activity/204/
My submission to AMD, what would I do with 48 cores.
1. remove windows and install debian GNU Linux
2. setup a mapserver for the giscorp/openstreetmap project.
3. setup gdal tools to process the gigabytes of image files we have.
4. setup an mapnik rendering engine
5. use the 48 core for compiling mapnik, it is a beast.
6. install some of my high speed c++ code https://code.launchpad.net/~jamesmikedupont/+junk/EPANatReg and tune that for processing the osm data on many cores. t
7. setup a feed from the openstreetmap changes server to download and process all new data from osm.
8. setup a splitting tool to split all the osm data into smaller files and then host them on a git server for easy access.
I don’t even need physical access to the machine, just put it on the net and give me the root password!
mike
What would you guess if you get back that the answer is 42?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker‘s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29
Oh as for me, i would increase the parameter tunings project which ultimately will lead to the terminator chip and in between i’d use it also to win the world title computerchess in japan 2010 (september) see http://www.icga.org, thereby beating the 128 core intel machines that already play here and there.
Note that’s not 1 mainboard machines. The 1 mainboard machines that will show up there from intel will be 32 cores i guess. So this 48 core box will beat them as my parallel coordination between the cpu’s is better.
In short another AI request.
Note i live in The Netherlands, but my support staff sits in USA.
Everyone unpaid as it doesn’t generate money.
In these projects we approach the human mind better and more accurately than any other AI research group does, as there is huge competition in this area.
Thanks,
Vincent Diepeveen
if I had machine with 48 core’s, I will use it for 3D rendering and and 3D animation’s and that’s all…
I would use the 48 cores of pure ownage for finally maxing out crysis (i hope). And hosting an AMD anonymous web site
In short, if I had a 48 core system I would use it for everything. I would probably use it to build some of my larger c/c++ projects. Virtual machines, test server for my open source MMORPG, blender rendering, and probably folding at home when I’m not at home.