Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:29:50 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> Cc: Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: opteron a1100 arm Message-ID: <60555.1391549390@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com> 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>
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In message <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com>, Jim Thompson wri tes: >> 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. > >isn't that attractive when the 8-core, 64-bit Intel C20 >00 parts are here, now, at a lower TDP >(20W, .vs 25W for the a1100. 22nm rocks). I very much welcome a competing 64bit CPU into the marketplace and will buy one myself, as soon as I can, for no other reason than to help break the X86 monopoly on server architecture. Monopolies are never a good thing. ... Not even if they're FOSS software: LLVM did wonders for the GCC projects drive and attitude. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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