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On 12/25/2017 06:33 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2017-12-24 14:44, Taiidan@×××.com wrote: |
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>> POWER 9: TALOS 2 (server/workstation, brand new and very high |
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>> performance - the only brand new hardware that is legitimately libre) |
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> This is interesting, but can it run gentoo? There's a handbook edition |
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> for PPC64, but that's not quite the same, is it? |
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It is. |
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PPC64 is big endian, PPC64LE is little endian. |
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POWER8/9 are Bi-Endian so you can use both (most linux distros only |
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support little) |
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PPC64 compile covers PowerPC and POWER. |
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TALOS 2 is an end user obtainable derivative of the Romulus POWER 9 |
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development board, there are a variety of modifications and it is more |
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open source than Romulus - you can also pay for it with bitcoin. |
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It supports dual sforza CPU's which have up to 24 cores per socket with |
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SMT4 (4 threads at the same time per core) |