Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86

Re:Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 by accountofme on Friday August 27, 2021 @05:28AM (#28325790)

This also supports ecc memory...

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Re:Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 by joezydeco on Friday August 27, 2021 @08:15AM (#28326812)

And doesn't need to boot off of SD cards.

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Re:Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 by jhgb on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:23PM (#28331953)

Everything boots off of something. Even netboot needs firmware which is on some kind of flash memory anyway.

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Re:Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 by joezydeco on Saturday August 28, 2021 @11:10AM (#28338653)

Some things are more reliable and fail safe than others. SD would not rank high on that list and that's not even talking about the cheap mechanical connector involved.

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Re:Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 by rbanffy on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:36AM (#28327629)

And doesn't keep important files on SD cards...

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Re:Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86 by jhgb on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:21PM (#28331921)

So do Ryzens, for much less money per unit of performance.

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