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EPYC chips also come with integrated ethernet, but I don't think any vendors make use of that, either, not even the EPYC Embedded (3000-series). My Supermicro M
by wahern 6y ago
EPYC chips also come with integrated ethernet, but I don't think any vendors make use of that, either, not even the EPYC Embedded (3000-series). My Supermicro M11SDV-8CT-LN4F with an EPYC 3201 has 4x1Gbps Intel ports (+1x1Gbps Realtek for IPMI) even though the chip provides 4x10Gbps ports. I've read the issue is that motherboard designers can't be bothered to redesign around the integrated controller; easier to just continue slapping Intel or Realtek controllers on the board.
That seems to be a big hurdle for AMD--they don't have enough volume to motivate much of the industry to make the best of what AMD offers. And when it does happen, there's a much longer lag time.
- pdimitar 6y agoPretty good explanation. Thank you. It's a real shame. The R1606G can go at 25-35W and it would practically be the most economic I/O heavy server design in history but as you said, the vendors can't be bothered. :(
- formerly_proven 6y agoMaking use of the NIC/MACs in the CPU would require board makers to buy PHYs, which would be only used by AMD boards, or they could not do that and slap the same PCIe NICs on there as they do on all other boards.