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itsbits
"This system will be fully compatible with Open Rack, which can accommodate up to 192 SoC server cards in a single rack."

This is great..

universaltest
Have we really run out of new names for things already?
hmate9
This just in: Apple's next OS release will be called "WhatsApp".
stephengillie
Soon to be followed by a new browser called "Spotify".
chadillac
You gotta checking out "Internet Explorer" on iOS, it's the best mobile game I've ever played.
tylermac1
That actually sounds like it could be the name of a game.
msane
One brainstorming technique is to stare deeply into your desktop background and say what come to mind.
calinet6
Us Californians just really, really like Yosemite.
sschueller
Where is the source? What is open source? The PCB?
KaiserPro
What SoC are they using?

intel? POWER? arm?

It'd be interesting to find out. Does intel even have a 65w SoC?

lasermike026
I've been waiting for this, servers the size of ashtrays.
amalag
Is this like Seamicro or like a blade chassis?
lewisflude
I think it's really stupid that they called it Yosemite when it's the name of the current version of OSX.
rajington
This may have been in the works for a while. Internally it could have been called Yosemite for years, and marketing probably didn't see a conflict as Yosemite is a pretty consumer name.
benologist
In less than a year OS X will be called something else, too.
web007
It'll be interesting to see the devices that come out of this, sort of a standardized blade server.

I'm still looking for the PoE powered version of this for a small cluster, having a single connection for power and data. Dual NICs would give you ~50W to work with, so it would need something a lot less than the 65W TDP just for the chip. It's also discouraging to see that they tried (and ruled out) the SoCs currently on the market - I'm looking for one of those as well, something that can at least compete with the performance of my 6-year-old desktop processor.

Edit: Looks like the Xeon D would do it, 45W TDP for the whole SoC - http://www.anandtech.com/show/9070/intel-xeon-d-launched-14n...

wmf
There's plenty of Avoton stuff on the market if that's what you want. I haven't seen motherboards running off POE, but you may be able to use an extractor and then step down to 12V.