> Why can't we just use a PCI express card with an FPGA on it to do the sam=
e
> thing?

Because it doesn't have anywhere near the bandwidth. Although really high=20
bandwidth with this baby is only possible to the RAM installed directly on=
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the module, not to system memory.

This thing also has very high bandwidth to the system processor.

> I'm more interested in the fact that it plugs into the CPU socket and I
> don't know why they would do that. What can we do with it?

It plugs into *a* CPU socket on a multi-CPU motherboard. It works in=20
conjunction with the standard Opteron.

Anything that requires moderately large amounts of very fast memory with th=
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processing power (think parallel) of a very large/fast FPGA.

Maybe cracking encryption? Playing a mean game of chess? Crunching protein=
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folding problems?

Probably should be on ITAR :-) Certainly more so than the Chronos :-)

-- Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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