I’ve tried so hard to figure out what the hell oxide even is, but the website is utterly impenetrable. I guess it’s an “integrated platform” and does “AI” and it’s “purpose built for frontier workloads”, but… I have absolutely no idea what it is, still.
I guess it’s a bunch of computers. It says “AMD” in a bunch of places so, I guess they’re x86. Where are the GPU’s? If it’s for “frontier workloads”, wouldn’t those be sorta important? Is it its own OS? No idea. I see people adjacent to Oxide mention IllumOS sometimes[0], so does that mean it’s a solaris-like OS? Why would I want to run k8s (presumably with linux containers) on a not-linux OS? Or does it virtualize linux instances?
Do actual CTO’s go for this type of marketing, with zero details and nothing but pure fluff about “solutions”?
[0] This of course is from HN comments, I see no mention of any operating system whatsoever on the website, so if it is IllumOS, it’s not like you can easily find that info anywhere.
I guess it’s a bunch of computers. It says “AMD” in a bunch of places so, I guess they’re x86. Where are the GPU’s? If it’s for “frontier workloads”, wouldn’t those be sorta important? Is it its own OS? No idea. I see people adjacent to Oxide mention IllumOS sometimes[0], so does that mean it’s a solaris-like OS? Why would I want to run k8s (presumably with linux containers) on a not-linux OS? Or does it virtualize linux instances?
Do actual CTO’s go for this type of marketing, with zero details and nothing but pure fluff about “solutions”?
[0] This of course is from HN comments, I see no mention of any operating system whatsoever on the website, so if it is IllumOS, it’s not like you can easily find that info anywhere.