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fweimer ◴[] No.42621548[source]
If they end up actually shipping this, lots of people will buy these machines to get an AArch64 Linux workstation—even if they are not interested in AI or Nvidia GPUs.

At $3,000, it will be considerably cheaper than alternatives available today (except for SoC boards with extremely poor performance, obviously). I also expect that Nvidia will use its existing distribution channels for this, giving consumers a shot at buying the hardware (without first creating a company and losing consumer protections along the way).

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kllrnohj ◴[] No.42621651[source]
> At $3,000, it will be considerably cheaper than alternatives available today

$3000 gets me a 64-core Altra Q64-22 from a major-enough SI today: https://system76.com/desktops/thelio-astra-a1-n1/configure

And of course if you don't care about the SI part, then you can just buy that motherboard & CPU directly for $1400 https://www.newegg.com/asrock-rack-altrad8ud-1l2t-q64-22-amp... with the 128-core variant being $2400 https://www.newegg.com/asrock-rack-altrad8ud-1l2t-q64-22-amp...

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