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To send out a "press release" (of sorts) to announce a new series of machines based around a CPU that does not exist a CPU with a tiny niche market a company t

To send out a "press release" (of sorts) to announce a new series of machines based around a CPU that does not exist a CPU with a tiny niche market a company that is mysteriously unknown a company that has never produced (designed) a CPU before. a company that is dedicated to "stealth" mode a company that does not yet know how much the CPUs will cost. Seems like an extremely risky strategy. How much is it likely to cost to have an advanced CPU manufactured in a tiny quantity? Can a fab just "change cpu type/model" and produce them? (None to low "setup" fee?

sylware 3y ago
... and big endian???
- donatzsky 3y ago
  According to the blog post, it's bi-endian.
  - qubex 3y ago
    PowerPC can switch endianess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC?wprov=sfti1#Endian_modes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC?wprov=sfti1#Endian_mod...
    - sylware 3y ago
      Good for them.
- formerly_proven 3y ago
  You're probably going to run Linux on these which means you're going to use the ppc64le port.
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speed_spread 3y ago
My guess is that this new CPU is just an IBM-licensed POWER10 that will have the mandatory blob removed or open sourced.