On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 7:11:15 PM UTC+1, Christopher Swenson wrote: > > I'll be sure to ask what kind of CPUs they intend to donate. > I did not do a thorough search, but it ssems the difference is not so pronounced as it may have been. More cache (really more), but less cores for the M series. http://followindex.com/data-centre/oracle-revs-up-sparc-m6-chip-for-seriously-big-iron/
> > I was also hoping that UW might be able to provide power, cooling, and > administration. > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:20 AM, Jean-Pierre Flori > <jpf...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 11:04:01 AM UTC+1, Dr David Kirkby wrote: >> >>> On 5 Mar 2014 09:22, "Jean-Pierre Flori" <jpf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >>> > We would also need somewhere to host (and feed with electricity and >>> network) the box. >>> > Unfortunately I cannot provide that at work. >>> >>> William got donated a SPARC some years back, but it had a CPU that was >>> not designed for the task. It was slower running Sage than my much older >>> SPARC. If someone is in discussions with Oracle about getting a SPARC, >>> then the type of CPU needs to be discussed, since some SPARC processors are >>> ill suited to Sage. >>> >>> Going back a few years, William had a T series machine, but an M >>> series would have been much better. But things change and I have no idea >>> if that's the case now. >>> >> Both series still exist. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sage-devel" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
