March 9, 201511 yr The processor; http://hothardware.com/news/intel-xeon-d-soc-will-wrestle-arm-in-microserver-markets-and-cloud-services Xeon with ECC support for RDIMM up to 128GB available with 4cores or 8cores, includes (2) 10g nics. 4cores about $199. Motherboard; Pics Press release At least SuperMicro will be shipping motherboards for them. Coming to an HP microserver soon.
March 11, 201511 yr Wow, I missed the $199 price for the D-1520. I can't imagine that'll be the end price for the motherboard with CPU as that would completely destroy sales of the C2XXX Atoms. Is that perhaps the wholesale price of just the CPU to motherboard manufacturers? From what I've seen street prices for those SuperMicro motherboards with D-1520 and D-1540 will be more like $800-900. At that price, still very interesting, though not quite as compelling as they would be closer to the $600 range. ServeTheHome also has some good coverage. Asrock will also be making at least one board as well: http://www.servethehome.com/asrock-rack-intel-xeon-d-platform/
March 11, 201511 yr Author I expect the motherboard (w/CPU) to come in near the same price as the current motherboard+CPU. Why else make it? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2001834 Thus I expect to see the quad under $500.
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