Author Archives: Brett Newman

2nd Gen AMD EPYC “Rome” CPU Review: A Groundbreaking Leap for HPC

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Brett Newman

Index of our review: Changes vs Previous Architectures Leadership Performance Class Leading Price-Performance Chiplets + IO & Compute Dies Memory Bandwidth PCI-E Gen4 Infinity Fabric SKU Selection for Clusters The 2nd Generation AMD EPYC “Rome” CPUs are here! Rome brings … Continue reading →

NVIDIA Tesla V100 Price Analysis

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Brett Newman

Now that NVIDIA has launched their new Tesla V100 32GB GPUs, the next questions from many customers are “What is the Tesla V100 Price?” “How does it compare to Tesla P100?” “How about Tesla V100 16GB?” and “Which GPU should … Continue reading →

NVIDIA Datacenter Manager (DCGM) for More Effective GPU Management

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Brett Newman

Managing an HPC server can be a tricky job, and managing multiple servers even more complex. Adding GPUs adds even more power yet new levels of granularity. Luckily, there’s a powerful, and effective tool available for managing multiple servers or … Continue reading →

Tesla V100 “Volta” GPU Review

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Brett Newman

Index of our review: Speeds and Feeds Which GPU is for me? Enhanced NVLink Programming Improvements What Volta Means for me? The next generation NVIDIA Volta architecture is here. With it comes the new Tesla V100 “Volta” GPU, the most … Continue reading →

Intel Xeon E5-4600v3 “Haswell” 4-socket CPU Review

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Brett Newman

Intel has launched new 4-socket Xeon E5-4600v3 CPUs. They are the perfect choice for “just beyond dual socket” system scaling. Leverage them for larger memory capacity, faster memory bandwidth, and higher core-count when you aren’t ready for a multi-system purchase. Here … Continue reading →

Common PCI-Express Myths for GPU Computing Users

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Brett Newman

At Microway we design a lot of GPU computing systems. One of the strengths of GPU-compute is the flexibility PCI-Express bus. Assuming the server has appropriate power and thermals, it enables us to attach GPUs with no special interface modifications. We can … Continue reading →

AVX2 Optimization and Haswell-EP (Xeon E5-2600v3) CPU Features

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Brett Newman

We’re very excited to be delivering systems with the new Xeon E5-2600v3 and E5-1600v3 CPUs. If you are the type who loves microarchitecture details and compiler optimization, there’s a lot to gain. If you haven’t explored the latest techniques and … Continue reading →

Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 “Haswell” Processor Review

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Brett Newman

Update: As of March 31, 2016 we recommend version four of these Intel Xeon CPUs. Please see our new post Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 “Broadwell” Processor Review Intel has launched brand new Xeon E5-2600 v3 CPUs with groundbreaking new features. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA Tesla K40 GPUs, the High Performance Choice for Many Applications

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Brett Newman

NVIDIA Tesla K40 is now the leading Tesla GPU for performance.  Here are some important use-cases where Tesla K40 might greatly accelerate your GPU-accelerated applications: Pick Tesla K40 for Large Data Sets GPU memory has always been at a greater … Continue reading →

Software Support for Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessors

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Brett Newman

With Intel’s release of the Xeon Phi coprocessor cards, HPC users must ask themselves how much performance they need and how they plan to achieve it. Will resources be devoted towards fast new hardware, re-writing/optimizing software or some balance of … Continue reading →