New Talos II Special Developer System SKU: TLSDS3
Joining the ranks of the Talos 2 Special Developer Systems is a new SKU announced by Raptor on Twitter, TLSDS3. This unit offers a T2 Lite motherboard with a single 4-core Sforza POWER9, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of NVMe flash in a chassis with 500W PSU for $2099. The processor may be upgraded, but only a single processor is supported. The TLSDS3 appears to be replacing the TLSDS2, which is no longer available for order.
Although the original TLSDS1 is cheaper by about $400, the TLSDS3 doesn't have the limitations of the DD2.1 stepping used in the original Special Developer System or the the successor TLSDS2 (lower clocks and no support for virtualization).
The TLSDS3 package is available for order now.
I just noticed the TLSDS1 is STILL marked as available for order, though you won't find it by browsing the products page and need to use the direct URL. The DS1 CPU is interesting; quad core made from 2 core pairs instead of 4 unpaired cores. Quite a bit cheaper than a blackbird and could pair nicely with an ebay CPU, an ebay HSB sas controller, and some ebay ecc ram...
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