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Detailed Specifications of the Intel Xeon E5-2600v4 “Broadwell-EP” Processors

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Eliot Eshelman

This article provides in-depth discussion and analysis of the 14nm Xeon E5-2600v4 series processors (formerly codenamed “Broadwell-EP”). “Broadwell” processors replace the previous 22nm “Haswell” microarchitecture and are available for sale as of March 31, 2016. For an introduction, read our … Continue reading →

In-Depth Comparison of NVIDIA Tesla “Maxwell” GPU Accelerators

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Eliot Eshelman

This article provides in-depth details of the NVIDIA Tesla M-series GPU accelerators (codenamed “Maxwell”). “Maxwell” GPUs improve upon the previous-generation “Kepler” architecture, although they do not necessarily replace all “Kepler” models. Important changes available in the “Maxwell” GPU architecture include: … Continue reading →

Detailed Specifications of the Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3 “Haswell-EP” Processors

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Eliot Eshelman

This article provides in-depth discussion and analysis of the 22nm Xeon E5-4600 v3 series processors (formerly codenamed “Haswell-EP”). “Haswell” processors replace the previous 22nm “Ivy Bridge” microarchitecture and are available for sale as of June 1, 2015. For an introduction, … Continue reading →

Detailed Specifications of the Intel Xeon E5-2600v3 “Haswell-EP” Processors

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Eliot Eshelman

This article provides in-depth discussion and analysis of the 22nm Xeon E5-2600v3 series processors (formerly codenamed “Haswell-EP”). “Haswell” processors replace the previous 22nm “Ivy Bridge” microarchitecture and are available for sale as of September 8, 2014. Note: these have since … Continue reading →

In-Depth Comparison of Intel Xeon E5-4600v2 “Ivy Bridge” Processors

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Eliot Eshelman

This article provides in-depth discussion and analysis of the 22nm Xeon E5-4600v2 series processors (formerly codenamed “Ivy Bridge”). These “Ivy Bridge” processors improve upon the previous 32nm “Sandy Bridge” microarchitecture and are available for sale as of March 3, 2014. … Continue reading →

Comparison of NVIDIA Tesla/Quadro and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Brett Newman

This resource was prepared by Microway from data provided by NVIDIA and trusted media sources. All NVIDIA GPUs support general purpose computation (GPGPU), but not all GPUs offer the same performance or support the same features. The consumer line of … Continue reading →

In-Depth Comparison of NVIDIA Tesla Kepler GPU Accelerators

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Brett Newman

This article provides in-depth details of the NVIDIA Tesla K-series GPU accelerators (codenamed “Kepler”). “Kepler” GPUs improve upon the previous-generation “Fermi” architecture. For more information on other Tesla GPU architectures, please refer to: In-Depth Comparison of NVIDIA Tesla “Maxwell” GPU … Continue reading →

In-Depth Comparison of Intel Xeon E5-2600v2 “Ivy Bridge” Processors

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Eliot Eshelman

This article provides in-depth discussion and analysis of the 22nm Xeon E5-2600v2 series processors (formerly codenamed “Ivy Bridge”). “Ivy Bridge” processors improve upon the previous 32nm “Sandy Bridge” microarchitecture and are available for sale as of September 10, 2013. For … Continue reading →

Performance Characteristics of Common Network Fabrics

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Microway

Ethernet Performance of ethernet networks varies widely. Factors include the switch and NIC manufacturer, firmware settings and system/software settings. Physical layer even plays a role: 10 GigE over RJ45 (10GBase-T) has a higher latency than SFP+ Direct-Attach copper. Contact our … Continue reading →

Estimating the Performance of a New Computer System

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Microway

Transistor density doubles every ~2 years. Ideally, this means we can provide you computers that contain twice as much memory and perform twice as fast. In practice, it’s much more nuanced. Benchmark Your Application The best performance comparison will always … Continue reading →