PowerEdge C410x — Whiteboard topology

In the last of my GPGPU/PowerEdge C410x trilogy I offer up a whiteboard session with the system’s architect, Joe Sekel.

Some of the topics Joe walks through:

• How does having remote GPGPUs connected via cable back to a server compare in performance to having the GPGPUs embedded in the server?
• The topology of the PCI express  x16 (16 lanes per link) plumbing: from the chipset in the host sever through to the GPGPU.
• The data transfer bandwidth that x16 Gen 2 gives you. 

Extra-credit reading:

• Blog: Say hello to my little friend — packing up to 16 GPGPUs
• Blog: Deep dive tour(s) of the PowerEdge C410x
• Blog from our GM about today’s announcement: Paving the way for powerful thinkers

Pau for now…