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KS2010: ScalabilityKS2010: ScalabilityPosted Nov 4, 2010 12:40 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)In reply to: KS2010: Scalability by cesarb Parent article: KS2010: Scalability
Fear not. Costs increase witht the number of sockets a system can support, quickly reaching the point where it's not economically viable except for very specialized (and thus expensive) systems.
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KS2010: Scalability Posted Nov 4, 2010 12:45 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Yes, costs increase with the number of sockets... which is why chip manufacturers are adding extra cores instead. Hence the problem.
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