From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 4 21:21:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1A63301 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 21:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f175.google.com (mail-ob0-f175.google.com [209.85.214.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 911891C9E for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 21:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f175.google.com with SMTP id wn1so10129847obc.20 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:21:05 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=pM+Fyd1wrSDaKJ0ZMbxmDtCijT1ipdBe+rOhOWrjaag=; b=JySvErymV6EnuDdzMLeoDgvVDv2HIYpEAvZMipCVLwB08FvvsMVR94VPhV4NQGT0mO kpNL7ZwKpb3X95/7Xnjgu54WVZf/IQ5Awm3PaKMuiaHFPjGWELEDqAT6soDoDQKDMQ6G X1pnwvBGuuVkNkAWmFmiuciWp16BhotZrkHpVa1co9M+fUbYxLwDWr7cqWr1PIHM9aXY AsTOE996TadPFeQ4BRQ+HAwr7KmFCpkHtzUQMxXZQGx+FpcsQ93pZPeZPc7j0oKJ/A2z VeDfPkjrILGKFucvAlTb37Aj30ltHbvfPvStv+5bsqmVxgxvFDJQyRzyxv4YK9nlI7zm lnUA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkt+KdFjfFVkICJs56hyShqrLhL3+t5IGVXtWoX7Pg95zJrzyaopcycxMkR8phH/ThpwEw0 X-Received: by 10.60.146.235 with SMTP id tf11mr3940925oeb.63.1391548865504; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:21:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2610:160:11:33:a193:f608:68b1:ba5c? ([2610:160:11:33:a193:f608:68b1:ba5c]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z5sm43985176obg.13.2014.02.04.13.21.04 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: Re: opteron a1100 arm From: Jim Thompson In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:21:03 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com> References: <1391538649.19169.79261269.3C5F49D1@webmail.messagingengine.com> To: Thomas Zander X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:21:06 -0000 On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Zander wrote: > On 4 Feb 2014 19:31, "Mark Felder" wrote: >>=20 >> 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? >>>=20 >>=20 >> Is it even available to purchase? >=20 > 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. =93may well be=94 isn=92t 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).=20 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=92t expect boards before = Summer. Jim