[FFmpeg-devel] AVX512 NUCs for FATE and development

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 1:08 PM Kieran Kunhya <kierank at obe.tv> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> As discussed at the developer meeting it would be good to have an AVX-512
> (ICL) FATE machine and also a development machine.
> What I didn't realise until a few weeks ago is that 11th Generation NUCs
> have AVX512ICL support.
>
> I suggest buying:
>
> 2x
>
> https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-nuc-bnuc11tnki70000-rocket-lake-core-i7-1165g7-dual-ddr4-so-dimm-slots-intel-iris-xe-graphics
> - £529 each
> 2x 2x 16GB RAM - 32GB in each (price TBC as I want to buy the right one,
> RAM can be confusing)
> 2x M.2 NVMe SSDs -
>
> https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD_BLACK-Internal-Gaming-Technology-speeds/dp/B08KFN1KT1
>
> £1500 total I would estimate.
>
> I am happy to host these (as with the M1s) but as these are NUCs anyone can
> buy and host them easily.
>

+1 from me - AVX512-icelake is where a lot of x86 SIMD dev takes place in
the next few years, and testing this new SIMD code in FATE is critical.

Ronald