some_guyApr 18, 2025

ZimaBoard 2 is a single-board server with Intel N150, dual SATA interfaces, and two 2.5 GbE LAN ports - Liliputing

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/32915659

ZimaBoard 2 is a single-board server with Intel N150, dual SATA interfaces, and two 2.5 GbE LAN ports - Liliputing - SDF Chatter

> While the original ZimaBoard shipped with Intel Apollo Lake processors that were already more than four years old at the time that the board launched, the ZimaBoard 2 is powered by a current-gen Intel Twin Lake processor that should bring a significant boost in CPU and graphics performance. The company says users can expect a 200 percent performance boost, even though the new model runs cooler and quieter and uses less power while idle. I thought a lot about buying the first version of this. Glad I waited. Very cool. Homelabbers: have some gear lust to start your weekend. Happy Friday!

Show threadUlrichApr 18, 2025
Why wouldn’t you just buy one of the plethora of existing Mini PCs?
Show threadanonApril2025
I need an OSFP interface and the plethora of shit doesn’t have that.
Apr 19, 2025 at 7:32pmWeb
Show threadUlrichApr 19, 2025
What’s that?
Show threadanonApril2025Apr 19, 2025
Fast network
Show threadUlrichApr 19, 2025
Is that different from SFP+? Cuz I don’t see that on this thing either. Matter of fact I don’t see any special ports at all.
Show threadJenseitsjensApr 19, 2025

Pretty sure he’s confusing it with either SFP+ or SFP28.

OSFP is the current bleeding edge with 400Gb/s of bandwidth. The current primary use case for that is ISP networks or running datacenter scale computing. The going prices for a PCIE card seems to be about 2k and around 600 for a DAC-Cable alone… compared to this 200$ mini PC, OSPF is in a completely different customer segment.

Show threadanonApril2025Apr 20, 2025
I’m confusing nothing. Osfp is my desire. I have a purpose in mind. How else do you load an OS onto hundreds of AI hosts?
Show threadUlrichApr 20, 2025
But the ZimaBoard has OSFP?