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by nbkolchin 4264 days ago
128 Armada cores in 1U is nearly impossible due to cooling issues.
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tonyplee 4264 days ago
May be not for Armada, but most of cell phone ARM cpu, the power is 1-2 watts at max frequency.

If that hold true, 128 SOC in 1U can be 2-300 Watts. That can true ly go against x86 for "some" applications.

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nbkolchin 4264 days ago
Actually 3-5 for current gen. And you don't count all other things that are necessary for practical system: PCI-E connectors, RAM, Ethernet PHYs, etc.

P.S. I believe in 64 in 2U, though.

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