Re:Intel Reveals Post-8th Gen. Core Architecture 10nm+ Ice Lake
by vbezhenar on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:57AM
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Check out Talos II motherboard. It's a workstation-class motherboard with dual POWER9 CPUs for $2750. It's a good price for workstation computer IMO. They claim that all their firmware is open source. Specifications are quite modern. The only problem is (kind of) exotic architecture, but many people would be able to use it with open source software.
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Re:Intel Reveals Post-8th Gen. Core Architecture 10nm+ Ice Lake
by e12e on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @07:59AM
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> It's a workstation-class motherboard with dual POWER9 CPUs
Isn't it more accurate to say it might at some point be available as a motherboard with power 9 CPUs?
I mean, it looks very interesting, but afaik no-one has been shown even a prototype yet?
Re:Intel Reveals Post-8th Gen. Core Architecture 10nm+ Ice Lake
by qubex on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:44AM
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I was scanning thought he comments to see if somebody had already mentioned this and if you hadn't I would have.
I am finding the Talos II an increasingly attractive proposition, even though the prices got a full system are quite staggering by comparison to mainstream hardware.