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STefan writes,
"parity" == "Gleichstand" ...

Ya, ya, Ich verstehen.  The parity-verses-ECC stuff was an (apparently failed)
attempt at humor, hence the ":-)".   <hangs head in shame>

Mark asks,
> Is it even available to purchase?

"AMD this quarter will ship the software development kits (CPUs, mainboards,
etc.) to select software developers."

"AMD Opteron A1100 "Seattle" system-on-chips will be commercially available
in the second half of 2014."

"The extremely popular GNU C compiler and the critical GNU C Library have
already been ported to the 64-bit ARM architecture."
The kit of course comes with penguinix.

The bad news is that it has only 8 PCIe lanes.  Are expansion cards
considered uncool these days, or what?  How are you supposed to add all
the essential stuff they leave off the mainboard?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20140131110927_AMD_to_Ship_ARM_Based_Opteron_PCs_to_Software_Makers_This_Quarter.html

(I'm still seeking info on Berlin.  Hopefully the boards will have more
than 1 or 2 expansion slots.)