ThunderX 2 seems to be quite competitive already, even though it's more than a year old at this point: https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/11/13/cray-arms-highes

ThunderX 2 seems to be quite competitive already, even though it's more than a year old at this point: https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/11/13/cray-arms-highest-end-supercomputer-thunderx2/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/11/13/cray-arms-highest-en... I would imagine ThunderX was the primary reason why Marvell bought Cavium, but I'm not sure how committed and competent Marvell is with ARM chips these days, so hopefully this acquisition isn't for the worst.