OT: 96-core 1U ARM server

[Jim Thompson]

ThunderX, best application right now is "scale out" web loads.
They start at a single socket for under $3,000
http://www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?2465022_g10e

You could try to buy it directly from Gigabyte:
http://b2b.gigabyte.com/Rack-Server/ARM-SoC

If you can't get inside, lmk, and I'll put you in touch with our mfg rep
for them.

Jim


On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Alan Somers <asomers at freebsd.org> wrote:

> System76 is selling a 1U server with 96 Cavium ARMv8 cores and builtin
> 40GbE.  It starts at about $6,000, which isn't bad for something this
> unusual.  Does anybody have any idea what kinds of applications would
> be good for a system like this?  Do any of those applications involve
> FreeBSD?
>
> https://system76.com/servers/starling
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