So you’re finally running a dual core system and you’re starting to realize that multi-processor machines are indeed the stuff of life (ok - maybe that’s stretching it a bit but they’re at least cool to work with). Wouldn’t it be cool then if you could own a 16 core system? Well Tyan Computer is about to make that possible with the Tyan Typhoon B5372 system which promises to be the first deskside (note not desktop) computer with 8 (count em) Intel low voltage dual core XEON processors. That adds up to a 16 core system folks.

The Typhoon is a silver box measuring 68 x 36 x 32 cm with four removable motherboards inside. Each motherboard houses two dual core Intel XEON 5100 series CPUs. Each board is also capable of handling up to 12 GB of 533MHz or 667MHz DDR2 memory bringing the total system memory up to 48GB. You’ll need Windows or Linux clustering software to make the four boards work well together but before you even get that far, you’ll need to pony up $10,000 bucks for the system.

Tyan is also planning on releasing another system called the B5191 which will have four Conroe based Core 2 Duo processors within it.  This system will take up to 64GB of memory and is aimed at the supposed cost conscious folks out there although prices aren’t firmed up yet. Crazy stuff folks. Then again, we should be expecting quad core systems next year.

[Check it out via GearLive.com]

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