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Subject: OT: 96-core 1U ARM server
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System76 is selling a 1U server with 96 Cavium ARMv8 cores and builtin
40GbE.  It starts at about $6,000, which isn't bad for something this
unusual.  Does anybody have any idea what kinds of applications would
be good for a system like this?  Do any of those applications involve
FreeBSD?

https://system76.com/servers/starling