Matrix has 952 typical processor cores when all nodes are connected. It turns out Matrix can have as many as 9,144 cores if it could utilize 4 nodes with GPUs, which themselves contain yet another 8,192 cores! However, these additional GPU-based cores require specialized programming and have are not to-date been made available to researchers via the cluster. Those cores have only been accessible to researchers accessing these specialized nodes provisioned as workstations (and thus not attached to the Matrix cluster.)
See also
Compute node count, on Matrix (new, as of November 2014)
- Does not count cores in the head node.
- Does not count cores on GPU cards.
| Proc | Cores per proc | #procs/system | #systems | Total cores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E5335 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 88 |
| E5420 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 192 |
| E5620 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 320 |
| X5650 (in GPU) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| E5645 (in GPU) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 36 |
| E5645 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 144 |
| E5-2670v2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 160 |
| 101 systems | 952 cores (Confirmed at headnode) |
Cores in the graphics cards, on Matrix
| Graphic card | Cores card | #cards/system | #systems | Total cores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In each: | 512 (to confirm) | 4 | 4 | 8,192 cores |
Processor info
E5335
E5420
E5620
- http://ark.intel.com/products/47925/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5620-12M-Cache-2_40-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI
X5650
- http://ark.intel.com/products/47922/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5650-12M-Cache-2_66-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI
E5645
- http://ark.intel.com/products/48768/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5645-12M-Cache-2_40-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI
E5-2670v2
http://ark.intel.com/products/75275/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2670-v2-25M-Cache-2_50-GHz