I realize it's probably targeted at hyperscale "cloud" stuff, but when their previous CPU was announced, I took a good long and hard look at what it would take to actually buy and use it. Unlike being able to buy a $650 Supermicro, MSI or Tyan dual socket motherboard and put your choice of a couple of Intel or AMD CPUs on it, it turned out that it was unavailable for mere mortals to purchase at any reasonable price.
My message for people trying to make "ARM Server" CPUs a thing is that you have a real chicken or egg problem to solve, getting these things into the hands of people doing Linux development on x86-64 right now. Without a robust ecosystem of all the Taiwan-based motherboard manufacturers behind you, it's never going to get more than a few percent market share.
My message for people trying to make "ARM Server" CPUs a thing is that you have a real chicken or egg problem to solve, getting these things into the hands of people doing Linux development on x86-64 right now. Without a robust ecosystem of all the Taiwan-based motherboard manufacturers behind you, it's never going to get more than a few percent market share.