Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
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Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
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Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#2Yeah, I would love to be able to buy an ARM server (or a RISC-V server), but so far that's just impossible.
Let's just limit the discussion to Ampere. There is supposed to be Gigabyte G242, with several SKUs, that supports an older version of their chips. I've had extensive email discussions with Gigabyte sales staff, and yet I've been unable to find a single reseller that will even backorder any version of the G242 for me. And there's even a G252 now. Lovely!
Yes, there is a supply chain crisis. Yes, ordering novel products is never easy, nor cheap. But, heck, do I understand why Intel has a lock on the server market...
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#3Yeah, I would love to be able to buy an ARM server (or a RISC-V server), but so far that's just impossible. Let's just limit the discussion to Ampere. There is supposed to be Gigabyte G242, with several SKUs, that supports an older version of their chips. I've had extensive email discussions with Gigabyte sales staff, and yet I've been unable to find a single reseller that will even backorder any version of the G242…
Small unit count availability is still problematic for now.
For Ampere, there has been the AVA Developer Platform ($5450, 32-core) recently: https://www.ipi.wiki/products/ava-developer-platform but that's not a cheap solution.
Given the history of NVIDIA, will be really interesting to see what happens there too.
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#4Yeah, I would love to be able to buy an ARM server (or a RISC-V server), but so far that's just impossible. Let's just limit the discussion to Ampere. There is supposed to be Gigabyte G242, with several SKUs, that supports an older version of their chips. I've had extensive email discussions with Gigabyte sales staff, and yet I've been unable to find a single reseller that will even backorder any version of the G242…
I think we are lock out cause of gigant-scalers (cloud providers) and labs maybe in few years we can get some cool ARM servers for cheap :P.
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#5Yeah, I would love to be able to buy an ARM server (or a RISC-V server), but so far that's just impossible. Let's just limit the discussion to Ampere. There is supposed to be Gigabyte G242, with several SKUs, that supports an older version of their chips. I've had extensive email discussions with Gigabyte sales staff, and yet I've been unable to find a single reseller that will even backorder any version of the G242…
I think we are lock out cause of gigant-scalers (cloud providers) and labs maybe in few years we can get some cool ARM servers for cheap :P.
Do Microsoft/Amazon/Google sell their retired cloud hardware?
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#6Yeah, I would love to be able to buy an ARM server (or a RISC-V server), but so far that's just impossible. Let's just limit the discussion to Ampere. There is supposed to be Gigabyte G242, with several SKUs, that supports an older version of their chips. I've had extensive email discussions with Gigabyte sales staff, and yet I've been unable to find a single reseller that will even backorder any version of the G242…
Small unit count availability is still problematic for now. For Ampere, there has been the AVA Developer Platform ($5450, 32-core) recently: https://www.ipi.wiki/products/ava-developer-platform but that's not a cheap solution. Given the history of NVIDIA, will be really interesting to see what happens there too.
Not sure why you bring up NVIDIA, unless you don’t know that the ARM acquisition was cancelled.
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Small unit count availability is still problematic for now. For Ampere, there has been the AVA Developer Platform ($5450, 32-core) recently: https://www.ipi.wiki/products/ava-developer-platform but that's not a cheap solution. Given the history of NVIDIA, will be really interesting to see what happens there too.
Not sure why you bring up NVIDIA, unless you don’t know that the ARM acquisition was cancelled.
They've got their own ARM server chip coming out anyhow.
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think we are lock out cause of gigant-scalers (cloud providers) and labs maybe in few years we can get some cool ARM servers for cheap :P.
Do Microsoft/Amazon/Google sell their retired cloud hardware?
Not AFAIK, but Amazon's been selling Graviton 1 to Microtik.
Re: Ampere Announces 5nm Arm Server CPU
#9Sweet. I had a decent experience with the 80 core variant.
I am a bit dubious about the many core in china explanation and would rather explain it with lower cost.