[Arm-dev] Desktop Boards

Thu Jan 28 23:24:07 UTC 2021
Pablo Sebastián Greco <pablo at fliagreco.com.ar>

On 28/1/21 20:07, Tony Lees - Avantek wrote:
> Blatant advertising:
>
> https://store.avantek.co.uk/avantek-32-core-cavium-thunderx-arm-desktop.html 
> <https://store.avantek.co.uk/avantek-32-core-cavium-thunderx-arm-desktop.html>
>
> Regards, Tony
>
Gordan, you got a sponsor ;), hehe
>> On 28 Jan 2021, at 23:03, Gordan Bobic <gordan at redsleeve.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Thanks, that looks a little better than the other two I found. Do you 
>> know if it supports ECC memory? The spec doesn't seem to mention it.
AFAIK, it does
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, 22:50 Pablo Sebastián Greco, 
>> <pablo at fliagreco.com.ar <mailto:pablo at fliagreco.com.ar>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have a SolidRun Honeycomb, and I'm pretty happy with it. Still
>>     max RAM is 64G, but it is a nice board.
>>
>>     Pablo.
>>
>>     On 28/1/21 15:00, Skorpeo Skorpeo wrote:
>>>     Solid Run Machiattobin?
>>>
>>>     Sent from a mobile device
>>>
>>>>     On Jan 28, 2021, at 12:56 PM, Gordan Bobic
>>>>     <gordan at redsleeve.org> <mailto:gordan at redsleeve.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>     Hi,
>>>>
>>>>     Most unfortunately, my MP30-AR1 board seems to have expired
>>>>     today. It gets stuck in an infinite boot loop:
>>>>
>>>>     Boot from SPI-NOR
>>>>     American Megatrends
>>>>     Boot firmware (Project MP30-AR1, BIOS Ver F01; built at
>>>>     15:11:23 on Sep  5 2016)
>>>>     Slimpro FW Ver: 2.4
>>>>     iPP Ver: 01.15.01.00
>>>>     Checkpoint 2D
>>>>     Checkpoint 2D
>>>>     Checkpoint 2D
>>>>     Checkpoint 2D
>>>>
>>>>     So I'm looking for a replacement. Unfortunately, everything I
>>>>     can get in *TX form factor seems to be nowhere nearly as good,
>>>>     despite 6-7 years of advancement, and I can't seem to find a
>>>>     replacement MP30-AR1 board listed anywhere.
>>>>
>>>>     I am aware of these:
>>>>     https://www.chip1stop.com/USA/en/product/detail?partId=SOCI-0000003&mpn=SC0FQAA-B-000
>>>>     <https://www.chip1stop.com/USA/en/product/detail?partId=SOCI-0000003&mpn=SC0FQAA-B-000>
>>>>     Pros:
>>>>     - Can just buy one
>>>>     Cons:
>>>>     - Poor performance despite lots of cores, especially
>>>>     single-thread performance compared to the old MP30-AR1
>>>>     - Only half the RAM capacity at 64GB
>>>>
>>>>     https://e.huawei.com/en/products/servers/kunpeng/kunpeng-desktop-board
>>>>     <https://e.huawei.com/en/products/servers/kunpeng/kunpeng-desktop-board>
>>>>     Pros:
>>>>     - Might have half decent single thread performance matching or
>>>>     exceeding the old MP30-AR1
>>>>     Cons:
>>>>     - Questionable availability, unknown pricing
>>>>     - Only half the RAM capacity at 64GB
>>>>
>>>>     Is there another offering that I'm missing? I know Gigabyte do
>>>>     a server system, but I need something reasonably quiet and
>>>>     compact rather than something rack mounted making data centre
>>>>     grade noise.
>>>>
>>>>     Any suggestions gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>>     Gordan
>>>>
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