it really is not that big of a deal.... 128 cors really is not a game changer in the least!
with the XEON PHI or many other solutions , that amount of cores is a every day run of the muck machine!
example . =Dell PowerEdge R820
4 cpu with up to 22 cores each that would give 176 cpu processing threads
up to 1.5 terabyte of DDR4 ram
and that is without adding a xeon phi or other .
as for mining coins ... its awesome to watch it slamm those thread lines in the miner but at the end of the day you lose money
That's why I asked for clarification on whether it's cores or physical cpu. It could be some wild data lab he has with many multiple physical cpu servers.