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What is Xeon Phi for? Is it Windows XP compatible?


Cixert

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I have read a few about supercomputers created with PCIe cards Xeon Phi.
It appears to be the fastest in the world and to have up to 72 cores.
The process works with a PCIe card that contains a co-processor and requires Intel Manycore Platform Software Stack (MPSS).
Are there versions for Windows XP?
Don't need any additional drivers?
I also read that specifically compatible motherboards are required.
Meeting these requirements, I understand that Xeon Phi 72x5 Product Family (14 nm) Knights Mill 2017 version could be installed.
But what would it do?
Can it be applied to all programs or only a few designed for Xeon Phi?

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MPSS is only compatible with Windows 7 and above. Its driver is only available for x64 systems:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/intel-manycore-platform-software-stack-mpss.html?wapkw=mpss#about

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/Intel-Xeon-Phi-with-Windows-510/

You cannot run Windows applications natively on the Phi, as the Phi itself runs on an embedded Linux.

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