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CWWK Intel N5XXX and N6XXX (resold under other names) on AliExpress ticks all those boxes. ServeTheHome has some video reviews and user forum threads on them.

by 3np 4y ago

CWWK Intel N5XXX and N6XXX (resold under other names) on AliExpress ticks all those boxes. ServeTheHome has some video reviews and user forum threads on them. Still holding my breath for a Ryzen-Embedded-based APU successor but that's the closest I'm aware of.

eqvinox 4y ago
> Still holding my breath for a Ryzen-Embedded-based APU successor but that's the closest I'm aware of. Something like this? https://www.solid-run.com/fanless-computers/industrial-embedded-computers/bedrock-v3000-basic/ https://www.solid-run.com/fanless-computers/industrial-embed... (can't find prices yet, sadly.) Also some time this year a successor to the (Zen1 and very dated) Epyc 3000 series is supposed to show up. I've been running 2 of those and they were nice back when they were fresh. Much more of a small-server setup though.
pietrushnic 4y ago
Those are very far from PC Engines: - no ECC - no DRTM - no schematics - no open-source firmware support Trustworthiness of those devices is at least questionable. Today AMD announced [1] Ryzen 5000 with network appliance as target market. I can only imagine how expensive it would be in final design. [1]: https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-4-20-amd-bolsters-embedded-portfolio-with-new-ryzen-emb.html https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-4-20-amd...
- 3np 4y ago
  Sure, and those can absolutely be valid requirements and considerations. They weren't part of the wish-list I replies to, though!
anilakar 4y ago
Sadly our sourcing department might have some other hidden requirements in addition to those listed above. At a quick glance, the unit prices are still at least some 100 eurobucks higher than Pascal's :-) In any case, due to COVID-induced shortages we already had to transition away to other hardware. This has been a huge relief as we had to ditch our custom legacy software stack built on APU+OpenWRT and came up with a generic Ansible/AWX based solution you can run on almost any platform with no tweaking.

by 3np 4y ago

eqvinox 4y ago

> Still holding my breath for a Ryzen-Embedded-based APU successor but that's the closest I'm aware of. Something like this? https://www.solid-run.com/fanless-computers/industrial-embedded-computers/bedrock-v3000-basic/ https://www.solid-run.com/fanless-computers/industrial-embed... (can't find prices yet, sadly.) Also some time this year a successor to the (Zen1 and very dated) Epyc 3000 series is supposed to show up. I've been running 2 of those and they were nice back when they were fresh. Much more of a small-server setup though.

pietrushnic 4y ago

Those are very far from PC Engines: - no ECC - no DRTM - no schematics - no open-source firmware support Trustworthiness of those devices is at least questionable. Today AMD announced [1] Ryzen 5000 with network appliance as target market. I can only imagine how expensive it would be in final design. [1]: https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-4-20-amd-bolsters-embedded-portfolio-with-new-ryzen-emb.html https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-4-20-amd...

3np 4y ago
Sure, and those can absolutely be valid requirements and considerations. They weren't part of the wish-list I replies to, though!

anilakar 4y ago

Sadly our sourcing department might have some other hidden requirements in addition to those listed above. At a quick glance, the unit prices are still at least some 100 eurobucks higher than Pascal's :-) In any case, due to COVID-induced shortages we already had to transition away to other hardware. This has been a huge relief as we had to ditch our custom legacy software stack built on APU+OpenWRT and came up with a generic Ansible/AWX based solution you can run on almost any platform with no tweaking.