Intel had a number of Nehalem systems up and running at IDF. Clock speeds are unknown but there are tons of threads being spawned.
The desktop platforms feature X58 motherboards with 6 DDR3 DIMM slots for Nehalem's 3 channels. Also on display was a Nehalem server with 144GB of DDR3 memory thanks to MetaRAM's 8GB DDR3 memory modules.
Gallery: Intel Nehalem Demo Systems
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Mclendo06 - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
Solving a FEA problem with a few million degrees of freedom using a direct sparse solver could chew through 111 GB of RAM. I max out 4 GB at about 250,000 DOFs on my workstation, and I don't think that memory requirement scales linearly with that sort of problem.Ramos22 - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
That my friend would be a server build..spuddyt - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
apart from vista?ElFindo - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
If your Vista takes up 111GB you're doing something very, very wrong. Not to mention filled to the brim with spyware and the like.JonnyDough - Thursday, August 21, 2008 - link
Next time try to note hints of sarcasm on the internets. Yes, that too was sarcasm. Touché.AssBall - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
I shudder to think how much that many 8GB DD3 modules dents the bank account. Interesting though.strikeback03 - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
but they call it "affordable"...spuddyt - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - link
Is running an ATI card.... (I mean I wasn't really expecting larrabee or anything, but it just amused me)JonnyDough - Thursday, August 21, 2008 - link
Just because Intel and AMD both make entire platforms doesn't mean that they can't use a high end vid card for benchmarking bro. If you work at a factory that makes parts for Ford I would still expect you might still drive a Lamborghini home. Of course, that would pretty much make you the CEO of that little auto part franchise in which case you might also run an Intel setup with an AMD graphics card. If you own a Lamb, then you would also probably want the fastest PC available, which currently is an Intel processor with an AMD graphics card. Now quit acting so surprised.9nails - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - link
The system with 6 RAM slots? I wonder if that's a server product. I haven't seen that many RAM slots in a consumer desktop in a while.