by Betim Begolli | Jul 14, 2020 | Data Center, High Performance Computing, ICC News, ICC Solutions, IT Hardware, Power Draw, Server Talk, Tech & Innovation, Uncategorized
Today, I would like to talk about power hungry CPUs and “phantom” throttling, featuring 10980XE. Intel’s 10980XE can require more than 500+W to reliably run at overclock speeds surpassing ~4.7GHz. In our testing we found an issue that was more difficult to...
by Betim Begolli | Apr 13, 2020 | Cooling, Data Center, High Performance Computing, ICC News, ICC Solutions, Server Talk, Tech & Innovation
At ICC we’ve now deployed the ICC AXIS™ R-725a. Testing on the AMD EPYC 7000 series in our lab showed an increase of ~.1GHz in performance per core on these high core count processors with liquid cooling vs. air. While that does not seem like a big number, it yields a...
by Betim Begolli | Jun 12, 2019 | Cooling, Financial, High Performance Computing, ICC News, ICC Solutions, Power Draw, Server Talk, Tech & Innovation
The 9990XE made headlines in April of this year for being an Auction-Only part as well as Intel’s fastest most powerful CPU to date. At International Computer Concepts we’ve tested a few of these at their Manufacturer’s settings (5.0GHz, Default...