Gone are the days of whimpy memory bandwidth. This thing sports 12.8 gB/s. The Exynos 5 has dual-core 1.7gHz processors and a 2560×1600 display. That’s good enough for most desktops and it is sampling now. All this comes with 30% power reduction thanks to moving from 45nm to 32nm fabrication. That makes this ideal for mobile devices but it will make a dandy thin or thick client for may users.
see Exynos 5 Dual
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Some time within the next year I will buy one of these small computers. I never thought I would want one but the price/performance ratio is getting to a point that is hard to resist.
I am starting to see the ARM architecture more prevalent in new build data centers and the power usage come down dramatically.
Its really cool when you see a 96-core ARM server using ONLY 200 Watts.
I am starting to see the ARM architecture more prevalent in new build data centers and the power usage come down dramatically.
You obviously know the buzz but not the reality, do you?
http://www.infoworld.com/d/computer-hardware/arm-and-x86-could-coexist-in-data-centers-says-calxeda-195845
“However, ARM servers are still in “beta” phase and trying to find a place in data centers, Freund said. ARM servers will likely be in an experimental phase until 2013, with installations of thousands of servers coming next year, Freund said.”
“Dell and HP have acknowledged that ARM servers are not ready for production environments, and Calxeda is trying to raise awareness about its ARM-based chips by showing servers running its EnergyCore processors at the ongoing International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg and the recent Computex trade show in Taipei.”
It’s a long way for ARM-based server to even just having a place in a datacenter – let alone taking over.
One always wonders why someone would leave disparaging remarks on a blog, unless they have some hidden agenda or perhaps your just astroturfing?
I normally do not respond to personal attacks, but since you raised my eyebrow. When’s the last time you step foot in a brand new data center that is less then 90-days old and after being populated with server racks?
HP and Dell are both blazing the trail with ARM. If you want, you could try out ARM now! https://trystack.org/
It’s also funny you posted that article and as I did read it, but bear in mind it is dated June 18th, it is considered outdated news I suppose, but still has some salient points.
Here are some key points you left out:
…ARM processor design that are being used in prototype servers from Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The proof-of-concept servers are being deployed so customers can try out ARM…
The server experimentation involves benchmarking and testing which programs would work best on ARM servers, and Freund said that organizations testing servers with Calxeda chips include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sandia National Laboratories.
In some cases, customers have been able to run Web-enabled frameworks such as Java, LAMP (Linux, Apache server, MySQL, Python) and Ruby on Rails without changing code, Freund said. Calxeda cannot demonstrate Microsoft’s .Net framework, and there’s also a lot of work involved in porting legacy Fortran and C++ code, Freund said. A lot of the server software to date has been written for x86 processors, much like how a majority of the smartphone and tablet software is being written for ARM processors.
One always wonders why someone would leave disparaging remarks on a blog, unless they have some hidden agenda or perhaps your just astroturfing
Yeah, yeah, because if someone thinks your opinion is a fact-free load of crap, he/she must be a paid shill or something.
HP and Dell are both blazing the trail with ARM. If you want, you could try out ARM now!
The one and only question here is, “Is the thing production-ready?”
No one cares if it blazing or stumbling through the trail. All that spin you add to the reality simply means nothing. The manufacturers say that their products are not production-ready, and therefore they are simply not production-ready.
Get it or don’t.
ARM processor design that are being used in prototype servers from Dell and Hewlett-Packard…
Note the words “proof-of-concept”, “prototype”, etc.
The servers are not ready for production.
End of story.
Brillo wrote of ARMed servers, “The servers are not ready for production.”
The servers are ready for production but the production lines and the channels are not quite there. Expect these to be in production more widely within a few months.
MiTac is already in production.
http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/campaigns/project-copper
MiTac is already in production.
A rather obscure brand, don’t you think?
I wonder how many people are actually building anything with it – let alone a datacenter.
Dell “Copper” is still not production-ready. Neither is HP “Moonshot”.
Brillo wrote:
“I wonder how many people are actually building anything with it – let alone a datacenter.”
Of course you wonder Brillo. That’s because you are a horses ass. You listen to no one. Your opinion of yourself is above all others. In short you are a dipstick of the first order.
You have set yourself up to be a worthless debater. You dismiss others without fact, just personal opinion. You are no different than the other crap that comes here to force feed the Microsoft line.
Go away, get a life and then come back and share it with the rest of us. As you are now you are one dimensional. You are without depth, shallow and pursue just a single line of thought; That Microsoft is, has been and shall be the single most powerful force in IT.
That is no longer the case and you have either not admitted it to yourself or you will not admit it to others. That situation is borderline mental illness. That would explain a lot of the comments we get around here from the Cult of Microsoft.
Brillo wrote, of MiTac, “A rather obscure brand, don’t you think?”
Hmmmm…
“A leader in the global ICT industry, MiTAC International Corp. was founded in 1982 and began operations in the Hsinchu Science Park (HCSP), Taiwan; the first system manufacturer in HCSP. In 1990, MiTAC was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE: 2315). … global brands including Mio, Magellan, Navman, and TYAN, MiTAC also distributes GPS and server products worldwide”
9000 employees…
$billions NT, per month.
Check out TYAN if you want to see beautiful motherboards.
That does not meet my expectations for “obscure”.
Of course you wonder Brillo. That’s because you are a horses ass. You listen to no one. Your opinion of yourself is above all others. In short you are a dipstick of the first order.
Don’t you find it ironic that the same criticism that you launch at others is best suited for yourself?
Look at the words you use and the underwhelming amount of content you provide in each and every one of your comment. You see, I don’t mind if you put hexes on my backside so as long as you have something meaningful relevant to the discussion to share, but calling someone “dipstick” for the sake of it is definitely not what I call “meaningful” or “relevant” – it’s just childish.
If you have a counter-point to present, then, by all means, present it. Otherwise, I advise you to just stop embarrassing yourself with your juvenile tantrums.
A leader in the global ICT industry
Wow… You mean like every company says on its website?
9000 employees
9000 employees? This almost reminds me of a meme from somewhere.
Here are some statistics for the Fortune 500 companies, by the way.
$billions NT, per month.
You know how much $1bn TWD is worth in $USD?
33,355,570.
This is not to mention that the figures include the entire company’s porfolio, which is mostly outside of TYAN and other server-related brands.
Even if you pretend the whole of it represents server product sales, it’s still not half of Dell’s at the lowest.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/05/22/dell-q1-earnings-sales-miss-estimates-shares-fall-8-49-after-hours/
That does not meet my expectations for “obscure”.
Maybe that’s because you are too easy to please?
Brillo, MiTAC IS a respected brand—I’ve known of them since their beginning. There are other metrics besides sheer size. TYAN motherboards are among the best available (I’d rather have a TYAN MB than one of the high-volume Foxconn MBs that Dell uses), and some of their other brands are just as respected. As Yoda says, “Size matters not.”
Brillo wrote:
“Don’t you find it ironic that the same criticism that you launch at others is best suited for yourself?”
Ah, the classic, “I know you are but what am I?”.
You are mistaking me for someone who comes here to debate. For the most part that is not me. On rare occasions I do debate but not the majority of the time. I opine and observe.
In my previous comment I expressed my opinions and observations about your comments here and the physical afflictions that may cause you to display such ignorance.
Your retort is by-the-book, fanboy Cult of Microsoft verbiage. It doesn’t mean she it to me but if it makes you feel good…
Interesting features in the block diagram of that chip. Ie download the Pdf.
Sata 3.0 controller and USB 3.0 controller in the chip.
Two major limitation only support 4G of ram and 10/100 Ethernet.
Over all decent chip could make one highly cool stick computer.
@Koz
You are mistaking me for someone who comes here to debate
Ah, so you are here to trash-talk!
Understood.
Brillo wrote:
“Ah, so you are here to trash-talk!”
No, I come here to make life for you and your ilk as miserable as possible. Have a nice day.
No, I come here to make life for you and your ilk as miserable as possible. Have a nice day.
Eh… How?
“No, I come here to make life for you and your ilk as miserable as possible. Have a nice day.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…
(gasps for air…)
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
Have a Nice Day!