[robeastham]

Saw that the Centriq 2434 (40 cores) is listed at RRP $888.

Does anyone know if you can get hold of a Centriq cpu & compatiple motherboard to build a local server or two? I fancy one in our lab rack to play around with.

I'm assuming that this is not possible and that they are currently just for datacentre partners who make a large order. But would be great to hear otherwise.

[bjackman]

Not Centriq but I think there are boards with Cavium ARM chips that you can buy as a consumer (can't find link to cite so may be wrong, but may be a useful avenue for your search).

[exikyut]

This doesn't answer the supply chain question, but this is the info page on the chip: https://www.qualcomm.com/products/qualcomm-centriq-2400-proc...

[chomp]

If you ask your distributor rep, they should be able to procure a single unit or two for testing. We did this when Calxeda was a thing.

[ballen]

Ask your HPE or SuperMicro reps.