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Would they move from four physical cores (GX-412TC) to two and without even hyperthreading (R1102G)? I'm not convinced. I've seen a few thin client manufacture
by puzzlingcaptcha 6y ago
Would they move from four physical cores (GX-412TC) to two and without even hyperthreading (R1102G)? I'm not convinced.
I've seen a few thin client manufacturers that moved to Intel Goldmont APUs such as 4c ~10W J4105 (Wyse 5040, Fujitsu s740). Interestingly HP continues to use a custom downclocked Carrizo in their t630 (GX-420GI, 4c, 16W).
My guess is PCEngines is gonna wait and see, as the four core jaguar is enough for what they need for now, and they care about the longevity of their product life cycles.
- wtallis 6y agoTwo cores that are twice as fast would be preferable to four slower cores. Since PCEngines wouldn't be powering up the GPU side of the chip, they could probably make pretty good use of the new CPU's boost clock capabilities. That plus the microarchitecture advantages of Zen over Jaguar, and the higher DRAM bandwidth should make the two-core Zen parts competitive. But I could also see them waiting for 7nm embedded parts.