Yes, you can buy Ampere Altra systems; you can get a 128 core (2.6GHz) + mobo bundle for about $2.5k USD, and it should be "SystemReady" which is a fancy term f

Yes, you can buy Ampere Altra systems; you can get a 128 core (2.6GHz) + mobo bundle for about $2.5k USD, and it should be "SystemReady" which is a fancy term for "boots generic UEFI images": https://www.newegg.com/asrock-rack-altrad8ud-1l2t-q64-22-ampere-altra-max-ampere-altra-processors/p/N82E16813140135 https://www.newegg.com/asrock-rack-altrad8ud-1l2t-q64-22-amp... Note that Altra is a years-old core at this point, Neoverse N1. For ST workloads you can much better with a more recent design. But it still has a high thread count w/o SMT, and is competitive enough at its power envelope to work great as a general server or CI runner or whatever (note the lower clock speeds.) The AmpereOne line, though, which is their own custom design, and the basis of this new announcement -- is and has been unobtainium for mere mortals, despite the fact it's been shipping for a while. I don't even know of a single cloud provider offering it today. It's a tough market because vertically integrated suppliers like Google or Amazon are now developing their own ARM cores. It took a while for Altra to become consumer available though with options like that motherboard, so who knows what the timelines are for AmpereOne to hit consumer shelves.