Using the Intel Xeon Phi for VST + VSTi processing
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 1 posts since 1 Apr, 2015
Has anyone made any headway with software development towards utilizing the massive power of these pci-express supercomputers?
If these could be utilized for VST and VSTi processing then wait times for track exporting and rendering could be a thing of the past. Imagine live playback of a 700 VST track project or development of a VSTi which uses completely uncompressed audio samples?
It'd be amazing. Does anyone know if this card already supports DAW processing?
If these could be utilized for VST and VSTi processing then wait times for track exporting and rendering could be a thing of the past. Imagine live playback of a 700 VST track project or development of a VSTi which uses completely uncompressed audio samples?
It'd be amazing. Does anyone know if this card already supports DAW processing?
- Beware the Quoth
- 33109 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
I presume you mean 'audio software development'.jsbull23 wrote:Has anyone made any headway with software development towards utilizing the massive power of these pci-express supercomputers?
To which the answer will be undoubteldy remain 'no' for anything outside academia or a personal self-only project.
If you had £4K to spend on regular processors, eg a pair of 12-core Xeons, then for whatever audio workload you're imagining, it would already be a thing of the past.If these could be utilized for VST and VSTi processing then wait times for track exporting and rendering could be a thing of the past.
If the Phi could manage it with whatever imaginary VST you're proposing, then £4K worth of regular Xeons could.Imagine live playback of a 700 VST track project
In case you hadnt realised, software samplers have been using 'completely uncompressed audio samples' for more than 15 years.or development of a VSTi which uses completely uncompressed audio samples?
Of course it doesnt.Does anyone know if this card already supports DAW processing?
Seriously, we get 'some new hardware board has appeared, now all our VST will run faster' about twice a year here. With two proprietry exceptions (UAD cards and ProTools hardware) hardware-accelerated plugins do not impact the overall audio market even slightly, let alone the aspirational-hobbyist level that predominates at KVR.
Sales of an exceptional audio plugin can be in the low thousands range; it just isnt sane to consider rewriting them to target the 3 people on the planet who'll fork out for a board like this. And yes, they'd need rewritten, probably substantially (especially anything dependent on an OS, from file access to UI).
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
- KVRAF
- 5131 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
hmm,
I have 2 3 core dual Xeon towers in my garage,
how do I convince my Dad to let me play with his servers hehe?
I have 2 3 core dual Xeon towers in my garage,
how do I convince my Dad to let me play with his servers hehe?
- Beware the Quoth
- 33109 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
rootkit.nix808 wrote:hmm,
I have 2 3 core dual Xeon towers in my garage,
how do I convince my Dad to let me play with his servers hehe?
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
- KVRAF
- 5131 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
hehe
fingers crossed he's going to need them, truth be told
pretty imposing things though
I learnt about redundant power supplies coz i just thought wtf?! when I saw them set up-
and modern tape too
fingers crossed he's going to need them, truth be told
pretty imposing things though
I learnt about redundant power supplies coz i just thought wtf?! when I saw them set up-
and modern tape too