alt Hacker Newsbut I don't want a $600 amazing laptop, i want a powerful desktop x86 machine with loads of ram and disk space. As cheap as it was a couple of years ago.
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cmxch • yesterday at 7:01 PM
Not sure about the memory, but Xeon Scalable/Max ES/QS chips and their boards are still not horribly expensive.
Prior to the crunch, you could have anything from 48-64 cores and a good chunk of RAM (128GB+). If you were inordinately lucky, 56 cores and 64GB of onboard HBM2e was doable for 900-1500 USD.
They’re not Threadrippers or EPYCs,but sort of a in between - server chip that can also make a stout workstation too.
joe_mamba • yesterday at 6:13 PM
> As cheap as it was a couple of years ago.
I also want housing as cheap as it was a couple of years ago.
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x86 going away wouldn't be surprising. Ignoring David Patterson was a mistake to begin with.