The Xeon Phi is not a Xeon. It&#x27;s a co-processor. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-ssl.intel.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;www&#x2F;us&#x2F;en&#x2F;processors&#x2F;xeon&#x2F;xeon-phi-detail.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-ssl.intel.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;www&#x2F;us&#x2F;en&#x2F;processors&#x2F;xeon&#x2F;...</a> The main advantage is that you can run almost-normal x86 code on it. Each core gets its own cache, so it&#x27;s not really the same as programming for GPUs.