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or an OpenPOWER system. The POWER9 chips are all 4.0 capable. So, basically everyone - on server and workstation - but Intel have a 4.0 capable chipset... well,
by justinjlynn 7y ago
or an OpenPOWER system. The POWER9 chips are all 4.0 capable. So, basically everyone - on server and workstation - but Intel have a 4.0 capable chipset... well, isn't that amusing.
- jandrese 7y agoI miss the days when there were third party chipset vendors. And they even competed on interconnect bandwidth and expansion port lines.
- justinjlynn 7y agoYeah, technically though it's more than a little difficult routing the front-side bus outside the silicon these days...
- my123 7y agoZen 2 (except APUs) platforms went back to a separate northbridge with the memory controller not on the same piece of silicon. With the speed of current SMP interconnects, making the chipset completely off-package again is possible, but I don't see the interest.
- justinjlynn 7y agoThat's true. Perhaps I should've specified off-socket.
- walrus01 7y agoopenPOWER systems, last I checked, cost something like $2800 for a bare kit with a single socket CPU and ATX size motherboard, that will be dramatically outperformed by a $109 motherboard and a $389 Ryzen. And significantly more for fully assembled ready to boot 2U / 4U size server chassis with motherboards.