Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 05:37:24 +0700 From: =?UTF-8?B?IkMuIEJlcmdzdHLDtm0i?= <cbergstrom@pathscale.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> Subject: Re: opteron a1100 arm Message-ID: <52F16BA4.4060202@pathscale.com> In-Reply-To: <20140204223528.GF23872@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401311911120.2427@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1391538649.19169.79261269.3C5F49D1@webmail.messagingengine.com> <CAFU734xXWyc_TqBJ7e4MhD2nB01BAejR_1vT9%2B_5Ar5mJncncA@mail.gmail.com> <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com> <20140204223528.GF23872@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On 02/ 5/14 05:35 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 03:21:03PM -0600, Jim Thompson wrote: >> On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>> On 4 Feb 2014 19:31, "Mark Felder" <feld@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014, at 12:13, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>>>> AMD just presented it's ARM based CPU and motherboard. is support in >>>>> FreeBSD planned and what is it's status? >>>>> >>>> Is it even available to purchase? >>> No but it may well be an early reminder of the upcoming generation of >>> powerful ARM servers that we don't want to leave unsupported. >> “may well be” isn’t that attractive when the 8-core, 64-bit Intel C2000 parts are here, now, at a lower TDP >> (20W, .vs 25W for the a1100. 22nm rocks). >> >> When Intel moves the C2K series to 14nm later this year, the power savings will close the door. >> >> The opteron a1100 samples in March, I wouldn’t expect boards before Summer. I don't track the Atom family and not sure if C2000 is the new out-of-order version, but until that is available - this is no comparison by a long shot. Also 5w on the cpu package could easily be made up for in a superior motherboard and chassis design. Think about how much power interconnects takes, PCIe and everything else..
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