On: The ~200 Line Linux Kernel Patch That Does Wonders

[derobert]

Dual-socket i7 is called Xeon.

There are dual-socket and even quad-socket 8-core hyperthreaded xeons (the Xeon L75xx series). A 1U Intel with 64 threads will set you back about $20k.

AMD has 12-core chips, so you can get 48 cores in 4 sockets there. (But I think they only have one thread per core)

[rbanffy → derobert]

So, -j64 seems quite reasonable, if you have $20K around... ;-)

Personally, I would spend a part of the money on 2048x2048 square LCD screens. They look really cool.