Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

It is actually, but it requires AMD or Intel to care. AMD could easily make an AArch64 CPU that is x570 compatible, it would require a BIOS update for sure but they could do it. There is nothing Physically stopping them from making a CPU with all the interconnect bits needed and a ton of AArch64 cores... other than there is really no fiscal incentive to do it.


AMD did (briefly) sell ARM64 chips, the Optero A1100, aka "AMD Seattle" CPU

- 4 or 8 Cortex-A57 cores at 1.7 or 2Ghz

- support for up to 128 gig of either DDR3 or DDR4 memory

- 14 SATA 3 ports

- 2 10GbE ethernet ports

- 8x PCI-E 3.0

(EDIT: Fixed formatting, sorry!)


I regret not getting one of these when SoftIron was selling theirs




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch! Applications are open till July 27.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: