OT: 96-core 1U ARM server

[Alan Somers]

No need, Jim.  This is just idle curiosity, not serious interest.
Thanks for letting me know who makes it, though.

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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>
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Alan Somers <asomers at freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> 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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