Hacker News Reader

HNHacker News

Top New Best Ask Show Jobs

Comment by fotcorn | Hacker News Reader

Full thread

fotcorn·

The only available CPU from Ampere EMAG seems to be the 8180, so I think this workstation also uses this.

Wikichip: https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/ampere_computing/emag/8180

AnandTech: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14141/ampere-emag-in-the-clou...

TL;DR: 32 Cores, up to 3.3 Ghz boost, 32MB L3 cache, 125W TDP

View on HN

If you click customize/add to cart you see a breakdown with the CPU listed separately as: Ampere eMAG 8180 32 core 2.8GHz 3MB L3 (Turbo 3.3GHz) .

So you are right.

Where have I seen that model number before... oh yeah: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/120496/...

How convenient to use the same number as the top bin Xeon CPU, eh? Can't copyright a number though, of course.

Hilariously enough, that's why it was called a Pentium and not a 586.

Yep, I'm definitely familiar with the history coming from Intel :)

Speaking of Xeon, you could probably put together a much cheaper workstation with an older Xeon over the eMag. I just don’t see myself picking this up, at its current price point.

Without knowing what the perf is like, it is really difficult to say. 32 cores @ 2.8-3.3 GHz sounds like quite a lot, I don't think getting 32 core Xeon would be anywhere near as cheap as this.

there is a chinese motherboard that'll drive 2 xeon processors. It fits in a E-ATX case. It should be ~ $250 USD shipped.

I used some cheap ($20 USD!) Xeons (E5-2620v2) and have 24 cores.. so it's doable for $500.

To which model of motherboard dost thou allude?

It's also based on the Skylark microarchitecture.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com