Talos II
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Talos II
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#2Looks interesting, I didn't even know that you still could buy PowerPC she. Anyone know of pros and cons?
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#4Looks interesting, I didn't even know that you still could buy PowerPC she. Anyone know of pros and cons?
POWER was historically the architecture for "I don't care about efficiency, I just want a fast machine!". This hasn't really changed. For some applications they are still substantially faster than any x86 system, but they're almost always far less power efficient. That's why they're not widely adopted in data centres.
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#5Prices starting at $4,750 [sic]: https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/TL2WK2/purchase.html
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#6Talos™ II drives the state of the art of secure computing forward. Talos™ II gives you — and only you — full control of your machine's security. Rest assured knowing that only your authorized software and firmware are running via POWER9's secure boot features. Don't trust us? Look at the secure boot sources yourself — and modify them as you wish. That's the power of Talos™ II.
That is fkin nice to be honest. There is so few which do this. totally already worth the price. (open source bios/boot procedures etc.). It's a total mess trying to get such a setup on a x86 server machine. i think there is a grand total of 1 server board which support coreboot (?)
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#7How would this compare to a ThreadRipper/EPYC system? Any advantages in favor of Talos?
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#8Prices starting at $4,750 [sic]: https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/TL2WK2/purchase.html
That price does not include RAM or a GPU.
Even a bare bones motherboard costs more than $2,000.
I have no doubt this an awesome machine, but that price puts it outside my budget range. :(
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#9How would this compare to a ThreadRipper/EPYC system? Any advantages in favor of Talos?
Do you not consider the freedom aspects (e.g. sources to the secure boot implementation, no x86, etc) as advantages in favour of Talos?
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#10I have been keeping an eye on Raptor and Talos for a while now, and it's super exciting to see another cpu-platform with security and openess in mind. As a GNU+Linux guy, has anyone had any experience with GNU+Linux on the Power platform? What kind of differences could I expect. I've been itching to build a new AMD Naples 64 core (2x cpu) server, but I have to admit I'm tempted to just do AMD Ryzen for my upcoming desktop build and do a Talos II for the server.